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Etymology
Borrowed from Latin exaggerāre (“exaggerate, amplify”).
Pronunciation
Verb
exagerar (first-person singular present exagero, first-person singular preterite exagerí, past participle exagerat); root stress: (Central, Valencia, Balearic) /e/
- to exaggerate
Conjugation
Portuguese
Etymology
Borrowed from Latin exaggerāre (“exaggerate, amplify”).
Pronunciation
Verb
exagerar (first-person singular present exagero, first-person singular preterite exagerei, past participle exagerado)
- to exaggerate
- to overstate
Conjugation
1Brazilian Portuguese.
2European Portuguese.
Spanish
Etymology
Borrowed from Latin exaggerāre (“exaggerate, amplify”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /eɡsaxeˈɾaɾ/
- Rhymes: -aɾ
- Syllabification: e‧xa‧ge‧rar
Verb
exagerar (first-person singular present exagero, first-person singular preterite exageré, past participle exagerado)
- to exaggerate, to overstate, to overemphasize
- to overdo, to go overboard
- to overreact, to blow out of proportion
- to play up, to inflate, to overplay, to ham up
Conjugation
1Mostly obsolete, now mainly used in legal language.
2Argentine and Uruguayan voseo prefers the tú form for the present subjunctive.
Selected combined forms of exagerar
These forms are generated automatically and may not actually be used. Pronoun usage varies by region.
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singular
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plural
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1st person
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2nd person
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3rd person
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1st person
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2nd person
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3rd person
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with infinitive exagerar
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dative
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exagerarme
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exagerarte
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exagerarle, exagerarse
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exagerarnos
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exageraros
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exagerarles, exagerarse
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accusative
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exagerarme
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exagerarte
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exagerarlo, exagerarla, exagerarse
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exagerarnos
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exageraros
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exagerarlos, exagerarlas, exagerarse
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with gerund exagerando
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dative
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exagerándome
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exagerándote
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exagerándole, exagerándose
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exagerándonos
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exagerándoos
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exagerándoles, exagerándose
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accusative
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exagerándome
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exagerándote
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exagerándolo, exagerándola, exagerándose
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exagerándonos
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exagerándoos
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exagerándolos, exagerándolas, exagerándose
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with informal second-person singular tú imperative exagera
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dative
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exagérame
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exagérate
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exagérale
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exagéranos
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not used
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exagérales
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accusative
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exagérame
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exagérate
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exagéralo, exagérala
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exagéranos
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not used
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exagéralos, exagéralas
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with informal second-person singular vos imperative exagerá
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dative
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exagerame
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exagerate
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exagerale
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exageranos
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not used
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exagerales
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accusative
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exagerame
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exagerate
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exageralo, exagerala
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exageranos
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not used
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exageralos, exageralas
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with formal second-person singular imperative exagere
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dative
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exagéreme
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not used
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exagérele, exagérese
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exagérenos
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not used
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exagéreles
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accusative
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exagéreme
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not used
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exagérelo, exagérela, exagérese
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exagérenos
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not used
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exagérelos, exagérelas
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with first-person plural imperative exageremos
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dative
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not used
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exagerémoste
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exagerémosle
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exagerémonos
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exagerémoos
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exagerémosles
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accusative
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not used
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exagerémoste
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exagerémoslo, exagerémosla
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exagerémonos
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exagerémoos
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exagerémoslos, exagerémoslas
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with informal second-person plural imperative exagerad
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dative
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exageradme
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not used
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exageradle
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exageradnos
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exageraos
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exageradles
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accusative
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exageradme
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not used
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exageradlo, exageradla
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exageradnos
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exageraos
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exageradlos, exageradlas
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with formal second-person plural imperative exageren
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dative
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exagérenme
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not used
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exagérenle
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exagérennos
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not used
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exagérenles, exagérense
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accusative
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exagérenme
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not used
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exagérenlo, exagérenla
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exagérennos
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not used
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exagérenlos, exagérenlas, exagérense
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Further reading
Venetan
Etymology
Borrowed from Latin exaggerāre, present active infinitive of exaggerō (“exaggerate, amplify”).
Verb
exagerar
- (transitive) to exaggerate
- (transitive) to exceed
Conjugation
- Venetan conjugation varies from one region to another. Hence, the following conjugation should be considered as typical, not as exhaustive.
Conjugation of exagerar (first conjugation)