exagerar

v.

to exaggerate.

yo creo que exageras I think you're exaggerating

no exageremos, no fue para tanto let's not exaggerate, it wasn't that bad

tantas precauciones, ¿no estás exagerando un poco? aren't you going a bit too far with o overdoing it with all these precautions?

María magnificó sus sentimientos Mary exaggerated her feelings.

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exagerar

► verbo transitivo

1 to exaggerate

► verbo intransitivo

1 to exaggerate

2 (abusar) to overdo it, do too much

■ exagera con el trabajo he's doing too much work

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verb

to exaggerate

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1.

VT to exaggerate

creo que eso sería exagerar las cosas — I think that would be going a bit far o overdoing it a bit

2.

VI to exaggerate

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1.

verbo transitivo <suceso/noticia> to exaggerate

2.

exagerar vi (al hablar) to exaggerate; (al hacer algo)

tampoco hay que exagerar, no tienes que acabarlo todo hoy — there's no need to overdo it, you don't have to finish it all today

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= exaggerate, overstate, inflate, make + a mountain out of a molehill, overplay + Posesivo + hand, go + overboard, dramatise [dramatize, -USA], get + worked up about nothing, fret about + nothing, hype.

Ex. Users do not find this intolerable, so it may be that we tend to exaggerate the hostility that would be aroused by a similar approach in library catalogues.

Ex. There is a tendency for people interviewed to overstate their use of public libraries.

Ex. However, their average results were considerably inflated by one query which retrieved 412 items.

Ex. 'After all,' he thought to himself, 'I may be making a mountain out of a molehill in this thing'.

Ex. Whatever the situation, prepared for or unexpected, it is always too easy to overplay one's hand, praising a book so extravagantly, so effusively, that many children are put off.

Ex. The article 'Going overboard with micros in the small library' offers guidelines for the small library on approaching the subject of microcomputers.

Ex. This article describes how a group of 12-18 teenage volunteers formed a group to dramatise children's books for young children and their parents at a public library.

Ex. Here's why I think this really was a mistake, and why we're getting worked up about nothing in this particular instance.

Ex. I suggest that we are fretting about nothing and that we would do well to go with the flow and let the systems be introduced, as has been proposed.

Ex. The field is clouded by manufacturers hyping their own products and industry factions spin-doctoring new technologies.

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* exagerar las cualidades de Algo = oversell.

* exagerar los méritos de Algotiene = oversell.

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1.

verbo transitivo <suceso/noticia> to exaggerate

2.

exagerar vi (al hablar) to exaggerate; (al hacer algo)

tampoco hay que exagerar, no tienes que acabarlo todo hoy — there's no need to overdo it, you don't have to finish it all today

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= exaggerate, overstate, inflate, make + a mountain out of a molehill, overplay + Posesivo + hand, go + overboard, dramatise [dramatize, -USA], get + worked up about nothing, fret about + nothing, hype.

Ex: Users do not find this intolerable, so it may be that we tend to exaggerate the hostility that would be aroused by a similar approach in library catalogues.

Ex: There is a tendency for people interviewed to overstate their use of public libraries.

Ex: However, their average results were considerably inflated by one query which retrieved 412 items.

Ex: 'After all,' he thought to himself, 'I may be making a mountain out of a molehill in this thing'.

Ex: Whatever the situation, prepared for or unexpected, it is always too easy to overplay one's hand, praising a book so extravagantly, so effusively, that many children are put off.

Ex: The article 'Going overboard with micros in the small library' offers guidelines for the small library on approaching the subject of microcomputers.

Ex: This article describes how a group of 12-18 teenage volunteers formed a group to dramatise children's books for young children and their parents at a public library.

Ex: Here's why I think this really was a mistake, and why we're getting worked up about nothing in this particular instance.

Ex: I suggest that we are fretting about nothing and that we would do well to go with the flow and let the systems be introduced, as has been proposed.

Ex: The field is clouded by manufacturers hyping their own products and industry factions spin-doctoring new technologies.

* exagerar las cualidades de Algo = oversell.

* exagerar los méritos de Algotiene = oversell.

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exagerar [A1 ]

vt

‹suceso/noticia› to exaggerate

estás exagerando la importancia del asunto you're exaggerating o overstating the importance of the matter

■ exagerar

vi

(al hablar) to exaggerate

(al hacer algo): tampoco hay que exagerar, no tienes que acabarlo todo hoy there's no need to overdo it, you don't have to finish it all today

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Multiple Entries:
exagerar    
exagerar algo
exagerar (conjugate exagerar) verbo transitivo ‹suceso/noticia› to exaggerate
verbo intransitivo (al hablar) to exaggerate;
(al hacer algo) to overdo it, go over the top (colloq)
exagerar verbo transitivo to exaggerate
'exagerar' also found in these entries:
Spanish:
dramatizar
- magnificar
- tinta
- agrandar
- tendencia
English:
dramatize
- embellish
- embroider
- exaggerate
- magnify
- overdo
- overstate
- pile on
- stretch
- blow
- over
- proportion

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exagerar

♦ vt

to exaggerate;

la oposición exagera la trascendencia de este asunto the opposition has blown this issue out of proportion

♦ vi

1. [al describir, calificar] to exaggerate;

yo creo que exageras I think you're exaggerating;

no exageremos, no fue para tanto let's not exaggerate, it wasn't that bad

2. [al actuar] to go too far, to overdo it (con with);

tantas precauciones, ¿no estás exagerando un poco? aren't you going a bit too far with o overdoing it with all these precautions?

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exagerar

v/t exaggerate

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exagerar v

: to exaggerate

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exagerar vb to exaggerate