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ostentar

/ostenˈtaɾ/ verb C1
  1. to display, to flaunt (transitive)
  2. to hold, to possess (a title, position, nobility etc.) (transitive) · ostentar el récord hold the record
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Verb forms

Infinitive
ostentar
Gerund
ostentando
Past participle
ostentado
Present (yo)
ostento
Preterite (yo)
ostenté

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Al que ostenta valimiento,
Fábulas en verso castellano, p. 45 · C1
Muchas veces nuestras ropas eran cosidas por sus propias manos y por muchos años hemos ostentado sacos como bolsas y el clásico jacquet crecedero, aquel que, despreciando el efímero presente, sólo tiene en vista el porvenir.—Pero ¿qué nos importaba?
Juvenilia, p. 64 · C1

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