ostentación

Borrowed from Latin ostentātiōnem (“exhibition, showing off”).

• IPA^(key): /ostentaˈθjon/ [os.t̪ẽn̪.t̪aˈθjõn] (Spain, Equatorial Guinea)
• IPA^(key): /ostentaˈsjon/ [os.t̪ẽn̪.t̪aˈsjõn] (Latin America, Philippines)
• Rhymes: -on
• Syllabification: os‧ten‧ta‧ción

ostentación f (plural ostentaciones)

1. ostentation, boastfulness
2. conceit

• “ostentación”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8.1, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 15 December 2025