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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)
- boastfulness, vainglory
Etymology 2
See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.
Verb
vanagloria
- inflection of vanagloriarsi:
- third-person singular present indicative
- 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)
- boastfulness, vainglory
Derived terms
Etymology 2
See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.
Verb
vanagloria
- only used in se vanagloria, third-person singular present indicative of vanagloriarse
- only used in te ... vanagloria, syntactic variant of vanaglóriate, second-person singular imperative of vanagloriarse
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