Meaning
to flaunt, show off
- to display ostentatiously or show off something (wealth, knowledge, calm) to impress others
In a sentence
Cerca sempre di ostentare una calma che in realtà non possiede.
He always tries to flaunt a calmness he actually does not possess.
Non ostentare i tuoi successi davanti a chi sta soffrendo.
Don't flaunt your success in front of those who are suffering.
Perché ostenti continuamente beni che non puoi permetterti?
Why do you constantly show off goods you cannot afford?
Word forms (48)
| Word | Word forms |
|---|---|
| ostentare | infinitive |
| ostento | indicative · present · singular · 1st person |
| ostenti | indicative · present · singular · 2nd person |
| ostenta | indicative · present · singular · 3rd person |
| ostentiamo | indicative · present · plural · 1st person |
| ostentate | indicative · present · plural · 2nd person |
| ostentano | indicative · present · plural · 3rd person |
| ostentavo | indicative · imperfect · singular · 1st person |
| ostentavi | indicative · imperfect · singular · 2nd person |
| ostentava | indicative · imperfect · singular · 3rd person |
| ostentavamo | indicative · imperfect · plural · 1st person |
| ostentavate | indicative · imperfect · plural · 2nd person |
| ostentavano | indicative · imperfect · plural · 3rd person |
| ostentai | indicative · past · singular · 1st person |
| ostentasti | indicative · past · singular · 2nd person |
| ostentò | indicative · past · singular · 3rd person |
| ostentammo | indicative · past · plural · 1st person |
| ostentaste | indicative · past · plural · 2nd person |
| ostentarono | indicative · past · plural · 3rd person |
| ostenterò | indicative · future · singular · 1st person |
| ostenterai | indicative · future · singular · 2nd person |
| ostenterà | indicative · future · singular · 3rd person |
| ostenteremo | indicative · future · plural · 1st person |
| ostenterete | indicative · future · plural · 2nd person |
| ostenteranno | indicative · future · plural · 3rd person |
| ostenti | subjunctive · present · singular · 1st person |
| ostenti | subjunctive · present · singular · 2nd person |
| ostenti | subjunctive · present · singular · 3rd person |
| ostentiamo | subjunctive · present · plural · 1st person |
| ostentiate | subjunctive · present · plural · 2nd person |
| ostentino | subjunctive · present · plural · 3rd person |
| ostentassi | subjunctive · imperfect · singular · 1st person |
| ostentassi | subjunctive · imperfect · singular · 2nd person |
| ostentasse | subjunctive · imperfect · singular · 3rd person |
| ostentassimo | subjunctive · imperfect · plural · 1st person |
| ostentaste | subjunctive · imperfect · plural · 2nd person |
| ostentassero | subjunctive · imperfect · plural · 3rd person |
| ostenterei | conditional · present · singular · 1st person |
| ostenteresti | conditional · present · singular · 2nd person |
| ostenterebbe | conditional · present · singular · 3rd person |
| ostenteremmo | conditional · present · plural · 1st person |
| ostentereste | conditional · present · plural · 2nd person |
| ostenterebbero | conditional · present · plural · 3rd person |
| ostenta | imperative · singular · 2nd person |
| ostentiamo | imperative · plural · 1st person |
| ostentate | imperative · plural · 2nd person |
| ostentando | gerund |
| ostentato | past · participle |
Usage notes
- Direct transitive verb taking an object ('ostentare ricchezza'). Follows regular -are conjugation.