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/
- to exaggerate
Conjugation
Related terms
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)
- to exaggerate
- to overstate
Conjugation
1Brazilian Portuguese.
2European Portuguese.
Further reading
- “exagerar”, in Michaelis Dicionário Brasileiro da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), São Paulo: Editora Melhoramentos, 2015–2025
- “exagerar”, in Dicionário infopédia da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Porto: Porto Editora, 2003–2025
- “exagerar”, in Dicionário da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisboa: Academia das Ciências de Lisboa, 2001–2025
- “exagerar”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2025
- “exagerar”, in Dicionário Aulete Digital (in Portuguese), Rio de Janeiro: Lexikon Editora Digital, 2008–2025
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)
- 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
These forms are generated automatically and may not actually be used. Pronoun usage varies by region.
| singular | plural | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1st person | 2nd person | 3rd person | 1st person | 2nd person | 3rd person | ||
| with infinitive exagerar | dative | exagerarme | exagerarte | exagerarle, exagerarse | exagerarnos | exageraros | exagerarles, exagerarse |
| accusative | exagerarme | exagerarte | exagerarlo, exagerarla, exagerarse | exagerarnos | exageraros | exagerarlos, exagerarlas, exagerarse | |
| with gerund exagerando | dative | exagerándome | exagerándote | exagerándole, exagerándose | exagerándonos | exagerándoos | exagerándoles, exagerándose |
| accusative | exagerándome | exagerándote | exagerándolo, exagerándola, exagerándose | exagerándonos | exagerándoos | exagerándolos, exagerándolas, exagerándose | |
| with informal second-person singular tú imperative exagera | dative | exagérame | exagérate | exagérale | exagéranos | not used | exagérales |
| accusative | exagérame | exagérate | exagéralo, exagérala | exagéranos | not used | exagéralos, exagéralas | |
| with informal second-person singular vos imperative exagerá | dative | exagerame | exagerate | exagerale | exageranos | not used | exagerales |
| accusative | exagerame | exagerate | exageralo, exagerala | exageranos | not used | exageralos, exageralas | |
| with formal second-person singular imperative exagere | dative | exagéreme | not used | exagérele, exagérese | exagérenos | not used | exagéreles |
| accusative | exagéreme | not used | exagérelo, exagérela, exagérese | exagérenos | not used | exagérelos, exagérelas | |
| with first-person plural imperative exageremos | dative | not used | exagerémoste | exagerémosle | exagerémonos | exagerémoos | exagerémosles |
| accusative | not used | exagerémoste | exagerémoslo, exagerémosla | exagerémonos | exagerémoos | exagerémoslos, exagerémoslas | |
| with informal second-person plural imperative exagerad | dative | exageradme | not used | exageradle | exageradnos | exageraos | exageradles |
| accusative | exageradme | not used | exageradlo, exageradla | exageradnos | exageraos | exageradlos, exageradlas | |
| with formal second-person plural imperative exageren | dative | exagérenme | not used | exagérenle | exagérennos | not used | exagérenles, exagérense |
| accusative | exagérenme | not used | exagérenlo, exagérenla | exagérennos | not used | exagérenlos, exagérenlas, exagérense | |
Related terms
Further reading
- “exagerar”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 10 December 2024
Venetan
Etymology
Borrowed from Latin exaggerāre (“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.
| infinitive | exagerar | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| auxiliary verb | aver | gerund | exagerando | |||
| past participle | exagerà | |||||
| person | singular | plural | ||||
| first | second | third | first | second | third | |
| indicative | mi | ti | eło / eła | noialtri / noialtre | voialtri / voialtre | łuri / łore |
| present | exagero | (te) exageri | (el/ła) exagera | exagerémo, exageròn | exageré | (i/łe) exagera |
| imperfect | exagerava | (te) exageravi | (el/ła) exagerava | exageràvimo | exageravi | (i/łe) exagerava |
| future | exagerarò | (te) exagerarè | (el/ła) exagerarà | exagerarémo | exagerarè | (i/łe) exagerarà |
| conditional | exagerarìa | (te) exagerarisi | (el/ła) exagerarìa | exagerarìsimo | exagerarisi | (i/łe) exagerarìa |
| subjunctive | che mi | che ti | che eło / eła | che noialtri / noialtre | che voialtri / voialtre | che łuri / łore |
| present | exagere, exagera | (te) exageri | (el/ła) exagere, (el/ła) exagera | exagerémo, exagerone | exageré | (i/łe) exagere, (i/łe) exagera |
| imperfect | exagerase | (te) exagerasi | (el/ła) exagerase | exageràsimo | exagerasi | (i/łe) exagerase |
| imperative | — | ti | eło / eła | noialtri / noialtre | voialtri / voialtre | łuri / łore |
| — | (te) exagera | (el/ła) exagera, (el/ła) exagere | exagerémo | exageré | (i/łe) exagera, (i/łe) exagere | |