Was heißt »auf­spie­len« auf Englisch?

Das Verb auf­spie­len lässt sich wie folgt von Deutsch auf Englisch übersetzen:

  • give oneself airs
  • show off
  • brag

Synonyme

an­ge­ben:
cite
claim
declare
indicate
name
specify
state
auf­bla­sen:
inflate
auf­man­deln:
act
get worked up
auf­plus­tern:
blow up
exaggerate
puff oneself
ruffle up
ruffle up its feathers
auf­set­zen:
don
draft
draw up
put on
sit up
superimpose
superpose
touch down
po­sen:
pose
pro­du­zie­ren:
make
produce

Sinnverwandte Wörter

auf­tre­ten:
act
appear
kick
occur
perform
step
treat
drän­gen:
push
urge
Qualm:
smoke
rü­cken:
draw
move
push
schie­ben:
push
shove
spie­len:
play
Vor­der­grund:
foreground
vor­kom­men:
advance
Wind:
wind

Englische Beispielsätze

  • Don't brag.

  • I was trying to show off.

  • Not to brag, but I'm pretty smart.

  • Mary likes to show off.

  • He likes to show off.

  • She likes to show off.

  • Tom just wants to show off.

  • Don't brag about how fast your car can go.

  • I don't mean to brag, but it's true.

  • How does it help you to brag that you are a free man? Don't you still have to pay taxes on time although they are revolting to you?

  • Tom is such a show off.

  • Influencers are paid to show off products.

  • Tom likes to show off.

  • Do truly smart people brag about being smart?

  • I'm very modest. I brag about it all the time.

  • The one and only reason that Tom learned Mongolian was for the "party effect", namely, in order to show off at events.

  • Tom learned Mongolian solely for the "party effect", namely, in order to show off at gatherings.

  • I didn't want to brag.

  • He lifted the trunk to show off his strength.

  • He is such a show off.

Auf­spie­len übersetzt in weiteren Sprachen:

Quellen:
  1. [Übersetzungen] Wiktionary-Autoren: aufspielen. In: Wiktionary – Das freie Wörterbuch, 2023, [online] de.wiktionary.org, CC BY-SA 3.0
  2. [Thesaurus] OpenThesaurus-User: aufspielen. In: OpenThesaurus – Das freie Wörterbuch für Synonyme, 2023, [online] openthesaurus.de, CC BY-SA 4.0
  3. [Satzbeispiele] User-generated content: Satz Nr. 6673212, 5936231, 5499438, 5481104, 5481103, 5481102, 5481083, 5376897, 7915507, 4823952, 4786615, 8757956, 3394051, 9955869, 10123268, 2725666, 2725665, 2275950, 2258399 & 2199109. In: tatoeba.org, CC BY 2.0 FR