agigantar

v.

1 to blow up, to magnify.

2 to make much greater, to enlarge considerably, to make enormous, to exaggerate.

El miedo agiganta las sombras Fear makes shadows much greater.

3 to aggrandize, to aggrandise, to make grow in stature, to ennoble.

La bondad agiganta el alma Kindness aggrandizes=ennobles the soul.

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agigantar

► verbo transitivo

1 to enlarge

2 figurado to exaggerate

► verbo pronominal agigantarse

1 to become huge

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1.

VT to enlarge, increase greatly

agigantar algo — to exaggerate sth

2.

See:

agigantarse

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1.

verbo transitivo

a) <ritmo/rendimiento> to increase ... considerably

agigantados por su público — boosted by their supporters

b) (exagerar) to exaggerate

2.

agigantarse v pron

a) rendimiento to increase considerably

b) problema to take on huge proportions

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1.

verbo transitivo

a) <ritmo/rendimiento> to increase ... considerably

agigantados por su público — boosted by their supporters

b) (exagerar) to exaggerate

2.

agigantarse v pron

a) rendimiento to increase considerably

b) problema to take on huge proportions

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agigantar [A1 ]

vt

1 ‹ritmo/rendimiento› to increase … considerably

agigantados por su público boosted by their supporters

2 (exagerar) to exaggerate, give an exaggerated account of

■ agigantarse

v pron

1 «rendimiento» to increase considerably

2 «problema» to take on huge proportions

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agigantar

♦ vt

to blow up, to magnify

♦ See also the pronominal verb agigantarse

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agigantar vt

1) : to increase greatly, to enlarge

2) : to exaggerate