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1 vantare
speak highly ofpossedere boast* * *vantare v.tr.1 ( pregiarsi di) to boast: la sua famiglia vanta molti uomini celebri, his family can boast a great many famous men; la città vanta splendidi monumenti, the city boasts splendid monuments; vantare nobili origini, to boast noble origins2 ( lodare) to praise, to extol: non fece che vantare le qualità di suo fratello, he did nothing but praise (o extol) his brother's qualities; vantare la qualità di un prodotto, to praise the quality of a product3 ( millantare) to boast of (sthg.), to brag of (sthg.): vantare la propria ricchezza, i propri successi, to boast of one's riches, successes4 ( pretendere) to claim: vantare un credito, to claim a credit; vantare un diritto su qlco., to lay claim to sthg.◘ vantarsi v.rifl. o intr.pron. to boast, to show* off, to brag; to be proud: di che cosa ti vanti?, what are you showing off about (o bragging of)?; l'ho fatto e me ne vanto, I have done it and I am proud of it; si vanta di essere il migliore nuotatore della città, he boasts of being (o that he is) the best swimmer in (the) town; non per vantarmi, ma è proprio un bel lavoro, I don't want to boast, but I've done a really good job.* * *[van'tare]1. vt1) (lodare: persona, cosa, prodotto) to speak highly of, praise, (avere: qualità) to boast, have2) (andare fiero di) to boast of o about, vaunt2. vr (vantarsi)vantarsi di qc/di aver fatto qc — to boast o brag about sth/about having done sth
non faccio per vantarmi — without false modesty, without wishing to boast o brag
* * *[van'tare] 1.verbo transitivo1) (elogiare) to praise [qualità, talento]2) (dichiarare di possedere) to boast about, to brag about [nobili origini, amicizie importanti]3) (accampare)2.vantare diritti su qcs. — to lay claim on sth
non (faccio) per vantarmi, ma... — I don't want to brag, but
* * *vantare/van'tare/ [1]1 (elogiare) to praise [qualità, talento]2 (dichiarare di possedere) to boast about, to brag about [nobili origini, amicizie importanti]; la città vanta una bellissima chiesa the town boasts a beautiful church3 (accampare) vantare diritti su qcs. to lay claim on sth.II vantarsi verbo pronominale(gloriarsi) to boast, to brag (di about); (non) me ne vanto I'm (not) proud of it; non (faccio) per vantarmi, ma... I don't want to brag, but... -
2 la città vanta una bellissima chiesa
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