περιαυτολογώ

Greek

Etymology

Learned borrowing from Koine Greek περιαυτολογῶ (periautologô),[1] contracted form of περιαυτολογέω (periautologéō).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /pe.ɾi.a.fto.loˈɣo/
  • Hyphenation: πε‧ρι‧αυ‧το‧λο‧γώ

Verb

περιαυτολογώ • (periaftologó) (past περιαυτολόγησα)

  1. (intransitive) to speak highly of oneself, to boast, to brag, to blow one's own trumpet, to toot one's own horn
    Synonym: καυχιέμαι (kafchiémai)

Conjugation

  • περιαυτολογία f (periaftología)

References

  1. ^ περιαυτολογώ, in Λεξικό της κοινής νεοελληνικής [Dictionary of Standard Modern Greek], Triantafyllidis Foundation, 1998 at the Centre for the Greek language