Polyglot Dictionary

exagerar

/eksaxeˈɾaɾ/

verb B1

el (masc.) la (fem.)

Underline = a spelling pattern that usually signals that gender.

V Register Neutral Era Current Frequency Common Domain General Tone Neutral

Forms

present (yo)
exagero
preterite (yo)
exageré
past participle
exagerado

Meaning

  1. to exaggerate

    • No exageres, no fue tan grave.

      Don't exaggerate, it wasn't that bad.

V Category Action Concreteness Concrete Agency Voluntary Duration Durative Transitivity Transitive

Similar words

desorbitar

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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