vanagloria

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See also: vanagloriá

Italian

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /va.naˈɡlɔ.rja/
  • Rhymes: -ɔrja
  • Hyphenation: va‧na‧glò‧ria

Etymology 1

From Medieval Latin vāna glōria, from Latin vāna (empty, groundless, boastful) + glōria (fame, ambition, boasting). By surface analysis, vana (vain) +‎ gloria (glory). Cognate with English vainglory, Portuguese vanglória and Spanish vanagloria.

Noun

vanagloria f (plural vanaglorie)

  1. boastfulness, vainglory

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Verb

vanagloria

  1. inflection of vanagloriarsi:
    1. third-person singular present indicative
    2. second-person singular imperative

Anagrams

Spanish

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /banaˈɡloɾja/
  • Rhymes: -oɾja
  • Syllabification: va‧na‧glo‧ria

Etymology 1

From Medieval Latin vāna glōria, from Latin vāna (empty, groundless, boastful) + glōria (fame, ambition, boasting). By surface analysis, vana (vain; arrogant) +‎ gloria (glory). Cognate with English vainglory, Portuguese vanglória and Italian vanagloria.

Noun

vanagloria f (plural vanaglorias)

  1. boastfulness, vainglory
Derived terms

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Verb

vanagloria

  1. only used in se vanagloria, third-person singular present indicative of vanagloriarse
  2. only used in te ... vanagloria, syntactic variant of vanaglóriate, second-person singular imperative of vanagloriarse

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