alardes
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los alardes(
ah
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lahr
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dehs
)A plural noun indicates that there is more than one person, place, thing, or idea.
1. (bragging) (Latin America)
Regionalism used in Latin America: all the countries in South America, Central America, and the Caribbean. Does not include Spain.
a. boasting
Ya sabemos que ganaste la competencia pero ya nos hartamos de escuchar tus alardes.We know you won the competition, but we've had enough of listening to your boasting.
el alarde
A masculine noun is used with masculine articles and adjectives (e.g., el hombre guapo, el sol amarillo).
a. show
Zoé pronunció la palabra "merveilleux" correctamente, haciendo alarde de su perfecto francés.Zoe pronounced the word "merveilleux" properly, making a show of her perfect French.
b. display
Los desfiles militares solían ser muy populares en países comunistas como alarde de su poder.Military parades used to be very popular in communist countries as a display of their power.
c. no direct translation
This refers to an idiomatic word or phrase for which there is no word-for-word translation.
Inés siempre saca las mejores notas de su clase pero nunca hace alarde de sus dotes.Ines always gets the best grades in her class but she never shows off about how talented she is.
Mi primo no deja de hacer alarde de los contactos de su padre.My cousin is always boasting about his father's contacts.
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