exagerar

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Catalan

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/

  1. to exaggerate

Conjugation

Portuguese

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin exaggerāre (exaggerate, amplify).

Pronunciation

 
 

  • Hyphenation: e‧xa‧ge‧rar

Verb

exagerar (first-person singular present exagero, first-person singular preterite exagerei, past participle exagerado)

  1. to exaggerate
  2. to overstate

Conjugation

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)

  1. to exaggerate, to overstate, to overemphasize
  2. to overdo, to go overboard
  3. to overreact, to blow out of proportion
  4. to play up, to inflate, to overplay, to ham up

Conjugation

Further reading

Venetan

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin exaggerāre (exaggerate, amplify).

Verb

exagerar

  1. (transitive) to exaggerate
  2. (transitive) to exceed

Conjugation

* Venetan conjugation varies from one region to another. Hence, the following conjugation should be considered as typical, not as exhaustive.