Polyglot Dictionary

desorbitar

/desoɾβiˈtaɾ/

verb C1

el (masc.) la (fem.)

Underline = a spelling pattern that usually signals that gender.

V Register Neutral Era Current Frequency Academic Domain General Tone Neutral

Forms

present (yo)
desorbito
preterite (yo)
desorbité
past participle
desorbitado

Meaning

  1. to exaggerate

V Category Action Concreteness Concrete Agency Voluntary Duration Durative Transitivity Transitive

Similar words

exagerar

desorbitar specifically means to blow something out of proportion, like prices skyrocketing out of control; exagerar is the general, everyday word "to exaggerate."

Similar in other languages

French

exagérer

exagérer is the French word for the same thing — both mean "to exaggerate."

Portuguese

exagerar

exagerar is the Portuguese word for the same thing — both mean "to exaggerate."

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