jactancia
See also: jactància
Spanish
Etymology
Borrowed from Latin iactantia.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /xaɡˈtanθja/ [xaɣ̞ˈt̪ãn̟.θja] (Spain)
- IPA(key): /xaɡˈtansja/ [xaɣ̞ˈt̪ãn.sja] (Latin America, Philippines)
- Rhymes: -anθja (Spain)
- Rhymes: -ansja (Latin America, Philippines)
- Syllabification: jac‧tan‧cia
Noun
jactancia f (plural jactancias)
- boastfulness; bragging
- Synonym: vanagloria
Further reading
- “jactancia”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 10 December 2024