English
Pronunciation
audio|en-us-exaggerate.ogg|Audio (US)
Verb
en-verb|exaggerat|ing
#to overstate, to describe more than is fact
#: I've told you a billion times not to exaggerate!
Translations
trans-top|to overstate, to describe more than is fact
Albanian: zmadhoj, teproj
Arabic: Ø¨Ø§ÙØº (baalagha)
Chinese
:Simplified characters: 夸大 (kuÄ-dà )
:Traditional characters: èªå¤§ (kuÄ-dà )
Dutch: overdrijven
Finnish: liioitella
French: exagérer
German: übertreiben
Greek: Ï
ÏεÏÎ²Î¬Î»Î»Ï [ËipeÌrËvaloÌ], ÏαÏαÏοÏ
ÏκÏÎ½Ï [paËrafuËskoÌnoÌ], μεγαλοÏÎ¿Î¹Ï [meÌÉ£aËloÌpiËoÌ], ÏαÏÎ±ÎºÎ¬Î½Ï [ËparaËkanoÌ]
Hebrew: ×××××× (?)
Icelandic: Ãkja
Italian: esagerare
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Japanese: èªå¼µãã (kochÅ-suru)
Korean: ê³¼ì¥íììì (gwa-jang-ha-sip-si-yo)
Polish: wyolbrzymiaÄ
Russian: пÑеÑвилиÑиваÑÑ (preuviliÄivaÅ¥), ÑÑÑиÑоваÑÑ (utrirovaÅ¥)
Spanish: exagerar
Swedish: överdriva
Turkish: abartmak
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Derived terms
exaggeratedly
exaggeratingly
exaggerative
exaggeratively
exaggerativeness
exaggerator
exaggeratory
Related terms
exaggeration
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