exageración

Spanish

Etymology

From Latin exaggerātiōnem.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (Spain) /eɡsaxeɾaˈθjon/ [eɣ̞.sa.xe.ɾaˈθjõn]
• IPA^(key): (Latin America, Philippines) /eɡsaxeɾaˈsjon/ [eɣ̞.sa.xe.ɾaˈsjõn]
• Rhymes: -on
• Syllabification: e‧xa‧ge‧ra‧ción

Noun

exageración f (plural exageraciones)

1. exaggeration
2. stretch (a course of thought that makes a leap in logic)

Related terms

• exagerar

 

Further reading

• “exageración”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 2024 December 10