jactar

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Verb

jactar

1. only used in es ... jactar, syntactic variant of jactar-se, infinitive of jactar-se

Portuguese

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin iactāre. Compare the inherited archaic doublet jeitar (“to throw”).

Verb

jactar (first-person singular present jacto, first-person singular preterite jactei, past participle jactado)

1. to boast
2. (reflexive) to show off (to exhibit, to demonstrate something for the purpose of bragging)

   Synonym: mostrar-se

Conjugation

    Conjugation of jactar (See Appendix:Portuguese verbs)

	Singular			Plural
	First-person (eu)	Second-person (tu)	Third-person (ele / ela / você)	First-person (nós)	Second-person (vós)	Third-person (eles / elas / vocês)
Infinitive
Impersonal	jactar
Personal	jactar	jactares	jactar	jactarmos	jactardes	jactarem
Gerund
	jactando
Past participle
Masculine	jactado			jactados
Feminine	jactada			jactadas
Indicative
Present	jacto	jactas	jacta	jactamos	jactais	jactam
Imperfect	jactava	jactavas	jactava	jactávamos	jactáveis	jactavam
Preterite	jactei	jactaste	jactou	jactamos1, jactámos2	jactastes	jactaram
Pluperfect	jactara	jactaras	jactara	jactáramos	jactáreis	jactaram
Future	jactarei	jactarás	jactará	jactaremos	jactareis	jactarão
Conditional	jactaria	jactarias	jactaria	jactaríamos	jactaríeis	jactariam
Subjunctive
Present	jacte	jactes	jacte	jactemos	jacteis	jactem
Imperfect	jactasse	jactasses	jactasse	jactássemos	jactásseis	jactassem
Future	jactar	jactares	jactar	jactarmos	jactardes	jactarem
Imperative
Affirmative		jacta	jacte	jactemos	jactai	jactem
Negative (não)		não jactes	não jacte	não jactemos	não jacteis	não jactem

¹Brazilian Portuguese.
²European Portuguese.

Further reading

• “jactar”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2025

Spanish

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin iactāre. Doublet of the inherited echar. Cognate with English jet and jut.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /xaɡˈtaɾ/ [xaɣ̞ˈt̪aɾ]
• Rhymes: -aɾ
• Syllabification: jac‧tar

Verb

jactar (first-person singular present jacto, first-person singular preterite jacté, past participle jactado)

1. (transitive, obsolete) to move or shake
2. (pronominal) to boast; brag

   Synonyms: fanfarronear, presumir

Conjugation

    Conjugation of jactar (See Appendix:Spanish verbs)

infinitive			jactar
gerund			jactando
past participle				masculine		feminine
		singular		jactado		jactada
		plural		jactados		jactadas
		singular			plural
		1st person	2nd person	3rd person	1st person	2nd person	3rd person
indicative		yo	tú vos	él/ella/ello usted	nosotros nosotras	vosotros vosotras	ellos/ellas ustedes
	present	jacto	jactastú jactásvos	jacta	jactamos	jactáis	jactan
	imperfect	jactaba	jactabas	jactaba	jactábamos	jactabais	jactaban
	preterite	jacté	jactaste	jactó	jactamos	jactasteis	jactaron
	future	jactaré	jactarás	jactará	jactaremos	jactaréis	jactarán
	conditional	jactaría	jactarías	jactaría	jactaríamos	jactaríais	jactarían
subjunctive		yo	tú vos	él/ella/ello usted	nosotros nosotras	vosotros vosotras	ellos/ellas ustedes
	present	jacte	jactestú jactésvos2	jacte	jactemos	jactéis	jacten
	imperfect (ra)	jactara	jactaras	jactara	jactáramos	jactarais	jactaran
	imperfect (se)	jactase	jactases	jactase	jactásemos	jactaseis	jactasen
	future1	jactare	jactares	jactare	jactáremos	jactareis	jactaren
imperative		—	tú vos	usted	nosotros nosotras	vosotros vosotras	ustedes
	affirmative		jactatú jactávos	jacte	jactemos	jactad	jacten
	negative		no jactes	no jacte	no jactemos	no jactéis	no jacten

¹Rare; now chiefly used in legal language.
²Argentine and Uruguayan voseo prefers the tuteo-form for the present subjunctive.

    Selected combined forms of jactar

These forms are generated automatically and may not actually be used. Pronoun usage varies by region.

		singular			plural
		1st person	2nd person	3rd person	1st person	2nd person	3rd person
with infinitive jactar	dative	jactarme	jactarte	jactarle, jactarse	jactarnos	jactaros	jactarles, jactarse
	accusative	jactarme	jactarte	jactarlo, jactarla, jactarse	jactarnos	jactaros	jactarlos, jactarlas, jactarse
with gerund jactando	dative	jactándome	jactándote	jactándole, jactándose	jactándonos	jactándoos	jactándoles, jactándose
	accusative	jactándome	jactándote	jactándolo, jactándola, jactándose	jactándonos	jactándoos	jactándolos, jactándolas, jactándose
with informal second-person singular tuteo imperative jacta	dative	jáctame	jáctate	jáctale	jáctanos	not used	jáctales
	accusative	jáctame	jáctate	jáctalo, jáctala	jáctanos	not used	jáctalos, jáctalas
with informal second-person singular voseo imperative jactá	dative	jactame	jactate	jactale	jactanos	not used	jactales
	accusative	jactame	jactate	jactalo, jactala	jactanos	not used	jactalos, jactalas
with formal second-person singular imperative jacte	dative	jácteme	not used	jáctele, jáctese	jáctenos	not used	jácteles
	accusative	jácteme	not used	jáctelo, jáctela, jáctese	jáctenos	not used	jáctelos, jáctelas
with first-person plural imperative jactemos	dative	not used	jactémoste	jactémosle	jactémonos	jactémoos	jactémosles
	accusative	not used	jactémoste	jactémoslo, jactémosla	jactémonos	jactémoos	jactémoslos, jactémoslas
with informal second-person plural imperative jactad	dative	jactadme	not used	jactadle	jactadnos	jactaos	jactadles
	accusative	jactadme	not used	jactadlo, jactadla	jactadnos	jactaos	jactadlos, jactadlas
with formal second-person plural imperative jacten	dative	jáctenme	not used	jáctenle	jáctennos	not used	jáctenles, jáctense
	accusative	jáctenme	not used	jáctenlo, jáctenla	jáctennos	not used	jáctenlos, jáctenlas, jáctense

Further reading

• “jactar”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 10 December 2024