exageración

f.

1 exaggeration, extremism, extralimitation.

2 overstatement, big talk, exaggeration.

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exageración

► nombre femenino

1 exaggeration

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FRASEOLOGÍA

¡qué exageración! come off it!

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SF exaggeration

dice que lleva diez horas trabajando ¡qué exageración! — he says he's been working for ten hours? that's such an exaggeration! o what an exaggeration!

-piden diez millones por esa casa -¡menuda exageración! — "they're asking ten million for that house" - "that's way too much! o that's a ridiculous amount!"

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femenino exaggeration

es una exageración lo que trabaja — he works far too hard

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= exaggeration, overplaying [over-playing], hyperbole, overstatement.

Ex. To say, however, that the Library of Congress subject headings and the application of the subject heading list serves no users is a distortion and an exaggeration.

Ex. For the reference librarian his big scene is the reference search: the trap to be avoided here is over-playing.

Ex. One of the challenges confronting librarians today is the overselling of high tech benefits in general and the hyperbole of the Net in particular.

Ex. Ignoring saturation leads to an overstatement of the potential importance of sequestration strategies.

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* exageración de las cualidades de Algo = overselling.

* exageración de los méritos de Algo = overselling.

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femenino exaggeration

es una exageración lo que trabaja — he works far too hard

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= exaggeration, overplaying [over-playing], hyperbole, overstatement.

Ex: To say, however, that the Library of Congress subject headings and the application of the subject heading list serves no users is a distortion and an exaggeration.

Ex: For the reference librarian his big scene is the reference search: the trap to be avoided here is over-playing.

Ex: One of the challenges confronting librarians today is the overselling of high tech benefits in general and the hyperbole of the Net in particular.

Ex: Ignoring saturation leads to an overstatement of the potential importance of sequestration strategies.

* exageración de las cualidades de Algo = overselling.

* exageración de los méritos de Algo = overselling.

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exageración

feminine

exaggeration

sería una exageración decir que … it would be an exaggeration to say that …, it would be exaggerating to say that …

no sé cómo trabaja tantas horas, es una exageración I don't know how he can work such long hours, he's overdoing it o it's too much

no pienso pagar ese precio, es una exageración I'm not going to pay that price, it's excessive o it's exorbitant o it's much too expensive

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exageración sustantivo femenino
exaggeration
exageración sustantivo femenino exaggeration, excessive amount, too much: ¿no te parece una exageración la cantidad de pan que has comprado? don't you think that you bought way too much bread?
'exageración' also found in these entries:
Spanish:
morirse
- cuento
- jalada
- teatro
English:
exaggeration
- gross
- sensationally
- wild
- over

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exageración nf

exaggeration;

decir que son amigos sería una exageración to say they were friends would be to go too far;

este precio es una exageración that's a ridiculous price;

su reacción me pareció una exageración I thought his reaction was a bit extreme;

en su casa tiene una exageración de libros she's got stacks of books at home

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exageración

f exaggeration

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exageración nf, pl -ciones : exaggeration

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exageración n exaggeration