bualanBahasa Indonesia

boast, boasting, brag, bragging, causerie

Rare #27,087 of the corpus · 1.2 per million words · 5,290 occurrences

From bual (…-an) · rare, #40,670

Noun

Light informal conversation for social occasions

English: chitchat, chit-chat, chit chat, small talk, gab, gabfest, gossip, tittle-tattle, chin wag, chin-wag, chin wagging, chin-wagging, causerie

Bahasa: fitnah, gosip, perbualan, umpatan

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Speaking of yourself in superlatives

English: boast, boasting, self-praise, jactitation

Bahasa: kesombongan, kemegahan, cakap besar

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An instance of boastful talk

English: brag, bragging, crow, crowing, vaporing, line-shooting, gasconade

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