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exagérer

exaggerate

verb eg-zah-zheh-REH Less Common

Origin: Latin exaggerare

Usage Note

Exagérer is used both transitively (exagérer les faits = exaggerate the facts) and as a rebuke in conversation: tu exagères! ('you're going too far!'). The noun form is exagération; the adjective is exagéré.

Examples

"Tu exagères toujours quand tu racontes tes histoires."

Natural Translation

You always exaggerate when you tell your stories.

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