exagerar

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

Learned borrowing from Latin exaggerāre (exaggerate, amplify).

Pronunciation

 
  • (Brazil) IPA(key): /e.za.ʒeˈɾa(ʁ)/ [e.za.ʒeˈɾa(h)], /i.za.ʒeˈɾa(ʁ)/ [i.za.ʒeˈɾa(h)]
    • (São Paulo) IPA(key): /e.za.ʒeˈɾa(ɾ)/, /i.za.ʒeˈɾa(ɾ)/
    • (Rio de Janeiro) IPA(key): /e.za.ʒeˈɾa(ʁ)/ [e.za.ʒeˈɾa(χ)], /i.za.ʒeˈɾa(ʁ)/ [i.za.ʒeˈɾa(χ)]
    • (Southern Brazil) IPA(key): /e.za.ʒeˈɾa(ɻ)/
 
  • (Portugal) IPA(key): /i.zɐ.ʒɨˈɾaɾ/
    • (Southern Portugal) IPA(key): /i.zɐ.ʒɨˈɾa.ɾi/

  • 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

Further reading

Spanish

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin exaggerāre (exaggerate, amplify).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /eɡsaxeˈɾaɾ/ [eɣ̞.sa.xeˈɾaɾ]
  • 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.