Definition

1. Adjective (used in compound words):
   • Boastful, bragging: Describes a person's character as prone to exaggeration and empty boasting. This word is almost exclusively used in the fixed compound "khuếch khoác."
   • Note: "Khuếch" is a shortened, colloquial form derived from "khuếch khoác." It is rarely, if ever, used as an independent word in modern Vietnamese.

Usage Examples

• Adjective:
  • Anh ta có tính khuếch. (He has a boastful nature.)
  • Đừng nghe lời nó, toàn nói khuếch thôi. (Don't listen to him; it's all just bragging.)

Advanced Usage

• The word "khuếch" is primarily encountered in its full form, "khuếch khoác" (adj/verb: to boast, to brag, to talk big).
  • Lời hứa khuếch khoác của hắn chẳng ai tin. (No one believes his boastful promises.)
  • Hắn chỉ thích khuếch khoác về thành tích của mình. (He just likes to brag about his achievements.)

Variants and Related Words

• Khuếch khoác (adj/v): The full and standard form, meaning boastful or to brag.
• Khoác lác (adj/v): A common synonym for "khuếch khoác," meaning to boast or talk big.

Synonyms

• Boastful: Having a tendency to brag.
• Bragging: Talking with excessive pride about oneself.

Related Idioms

• Nói khuếch / Nói khuếch khoác: To talk big, to boast.
  • Việc nhỏ xé ra to, anh ấy chỉ đang nói khuếch thôi. (Making a mountain out of a molehill, he's just talking big.)

1. brag
   • Tính thích nói khuyếch
     To like bragging by nature