exaggerated

BrE /ɪɡˈzædʒəreɪtɪd/ AmE /ɪɡˈzædʒəreɪtɪd/

adjective en → es

1 OVERSTATE [attributive, predicative] B2

too big or too great; not real or true

exagerado, excesivo

  • an exaggerated claim/statement

Collocations exaggerated claims · exaggerated praise

  • His description of the event was exaggerated.

    Su descripción del evento fue exagerada.

2 EXAGGERATE [transitive] B1

to make something seem bigger or more important than it really is; to overstate

exagerar, magnificar

  • exaggerate the truth

Collocations exaggerate the importance of something · exaggerate one's achievements

  • He tends to exaggerate his problems.

    Tiene tendencia a exagerar sus problemas.