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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