Definition of BIRG - Reverso English Dictionary

Acronym

acr: bask in reflected glory

Rare

Slang

feel proud because of someone else's success

Rare

Slang

Fans love to BIRG when their team wins.
She loves to BIRG in her brother's achievements.
They BIRG when their favorite actor wins an award.

delight

pride

satisfaction

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French:se glorifier du succès d'autrui, ...
German:sich mit dem Erfolg anderer schmücken, ...
Italian:godere della gloria riflessa, ...
Spanish:disfrutar del éxito ajeno como propio, ...
Portuguese:orgulhar-se com o sucesso alheio, ...
Chinese:沾光, ...
Japanese:おこぼれの栄光にあずかる, ...
Arabic:الافتخار بنجاح الآخرين, ...
Hebrew:לְהִתְגָּאוֹת בְּהַצְלָחַת מִישֶׁהוּ אַחֵר, ...
Russian:греться в лучах чужой славы, ...
Ukrainian:грітися в променях слави, ...
Hindi:बिर्ग, ...
Bengali:পরের সাফল্যে গর্ব করা, ...
Catalan:vanagloriar-se de l'èxit d'altri, ...
Czech:přiživovat se na cizí slávě, ...
Danish:sole sig i andres succes, ...
Dutch:meeliften op andermans succes, ...
Greek:καμαρώνω με ξένα μεγαλεία, ...
Hungarian:más sikerében sütkérezik, ...
Khmer:អួតអាងពីជោគជ័យរបស់អ្នកដទៃ, ...
Korean:남의 성공에 기대어 우쭐해하다, ...
Persian:در افتخار دیگری سهیم شدن, ...
Polish:cieszyć się cudzą chwałą, ...
Portuguese (BR):pegar carona no sucesso alheio, ...
Romanian:a se mândri cu succesul altcuiva, ...
Swedish:glädja sig åt någon annans framgång, ...
Thai:ภูมิใจในความสำเร็จของผู้อื่น, ...
Turkish:başkasının başarısıyla gururlanmak, ...
Vietnamese:ăn theo vinh quang, ...

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