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Certain: The standard etymology in the RAE dictionary and in Corriente; no serious doubt.Expressions · Common

alarde

show, display; hacer alarde: to show off, boast of somethingostentación; «hacer alarde»: presumir de algo

Comes from Arabic

العَرْض

al-ʿarḍ

“the review, the parade of troops”«la revista, el desfile de tropas»

Arabic today says

تَفَاخُر

tafākhur

Root

ع ر ض

ʿ-r-ḍ

The article

Spanish kept the Arabic article al- glued to the word.

The story

The alarde was the review where troops and their weapons were displayed; from showing off soldiers it came to mean showing off anything. In Arabic, ʿarḍ is still "display", as in ʿarḍ ʿaskarī, "military parade".El alarde era la revista en que se mostraban las tropas y sus armas; de exhibir soldados se pasó a exhibir cualquier cosa. En árabe ʿarḍ sigue siendo «exhibición», como en ʿarḍ ʿaskarī, «desfile militar».

In a sentence

Hizo alarde de su fuerza delante de todos.

He showed off his strength in front of everyone.

تَبَاهَى بِقُوَّتِهِ أَمَامَ الجَمِيع.

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