jactar

From Latin iactō, frequentive of iaciō (“I throw”).

• (Balearic, Central) IPA^(key): /ʒəkˈta/
• (Valencian) IPA^(key): /d͡ʒakˈtaɾ/

jactar (first-person singular present jacto, past participle jactat)

1. (takes a reflexive pronoun) to boast, to brag

   Es va jactar de salvar a tothom.

   She boasted about saving everyone.

• jactador
• jactància

• “jactar” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.

Borrowed from Latin iactāre. Compare the inherited archaic doublet jeitar (“to throw”).

jactar (first-person singular present jacto, first-person singular preterite jactei, past participle jactado)

1. to boast
2. (reflexive) to show off (to exhibit, to demonstrate something for the purpose of bragging)

   Synonym: mostrar-se

Borrowed from Latin iacto, iactare. Doublet of the inherited echar. Cognate with English jet and jut.

• IPA^(key): /xaɡˈtaɾ/ [xaɣ̞ˈt̪aɾ]
• Rhymes: -aɾ
• Syllabification: jac‧tar

jactar (first-person singular present jacto, first-person singular preterite jacté, past participle jactado)

1. (transitive, obsolete) to move or shake
2. (reflexive) to boast; brag

   Synonyms: fanfarronear, presumir

• “jactar”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014