Boasting in Malayalam
Boasting as a habit is പൊങ്ങച്ചം (pongacham) in Malayalam, meaning vainglory and empty pride. The word suggests hollow swelling, which is exactly how speakers use it.
Most common translation
Boasting, vain glory, pride, levity.
അവന്റെ പൊങ്ങച്ചം കേട്ട് മതിയായി.
avante pongacham kettu mathiyaayi.
We have had enough of his boasting.
All Malayalam words for “boasting”
- പൊങ്ങച്ചം (pongacham) — Boasting, vain glory, pride, levity.
- വമ്പ് (vambu) — Superiority, boasting.
- വന്പ് (vanp) — Greatness, pride, boasting, pretence of greatness.
- വീരവാദം (veeravaadam) — Words of a hero, challenge (idm.) heroic talk, bragging, boasting.
- പത്രാസുകാരന് (pathraasukaaran) — A boasting fellow, one who is found of show or ostentation.
- പത്രാസ് (pathraas) — Show, ostentation, boasting pomp.
പൊങ്ങച്ചം (pongacham) is the everyday word; വമ്പ് (vambu) and വന്പ് (vanp) stress claimed greatness, വീരവാദം (veeravaadam) is heroic bragging, and പത്രാസ് (pathraas) with പത്രാസുകാരന് (pathraasukaaran) point to showing off and the person who does it.
Common questions
How do you say boasting in Malayalam?
Boasting is പൊങ്ങച്ചം (pongacham) in Malayalam.
Which word means heroic bragging?
Big talk about ones own bravery is വീരവാദം (veeravaadam).