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1 exaggeration
nounÜbertreibung, dieit is a wild/is no exaggeration to say that... — es ist stark/nicht übertrieben, wenn man sagt, dass...
* * *1) (the act of exaggerating.) die Übertreibung2) (an exaggerated description, term etc: To say she is beautiful is an exaggeration, but she does have nice eyes.) die Übertreibung* * *ex·ag·gera·tion[ɪgˌzæʤərˈeɪʃən]n Übertreibung fit's not an \exaggeration to say that... es ist nicht übertrieben, wenn man behauptet, dass...it's a bit of an \exaggeration to say that she's beautiful sie als schön zu bezeichnen wäre wohl ein bisschen übertriebento have a tendency to \exaggeration zu Übertreibungen neigen* * *[Ig"zdZə'reISən]nÜbertreibung fa bit of an exaggeration — eine leichte Übertreibung, leicht übertrieben
* * *1. Übertreibung f:I can say without exaggeration that …2. Überbetonung f* * *nounÜbertreibung, dieit is a wild/is no exaggeration to say that... — es ist stark/nicht übertrieben, wenn man sagt, dass...
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2 exaggeration
ex·ag·gera·tion [ɪg ˌzæʤərʼeɪʃən] nÜbertreibung f;it's not an \exaggeration to say that... es ist nicht übertrieben, wenn man behauptet, dass...;it's a bit of an \exaggeration to say that she's beautiful sie als schön zu bezeichnen wäre wohl ein bisschen übertrieben;to have a tendency to \exaggeration zu Übertreibungen neigen -
3 slight
1) (small; not great; not serious or severe: a slight breeze; We have a slight problem.) pequeño, ligero2) ((of a person) slim and delicate-looking: It seemed too heavy a load for such a slight woman.) delicado•- slighting
- slightingly
- slightly
- in the slightest
slight adj ligero / pequeñotr[slaɪt]1 (small in degree) pequeño,-a, ligero,-a; (not serious, unimportant) leve, insignificante1 (affront) desaire nombre masculino, desprecio1 (scorn) despreciar, menospreciar2 (snub, insult) desairar, ofender, insultar\SMALLIDIOMATIC EXPRESSION/SMALLnot in the slightest en absolutoslight ['slaɪt] vt: desairar, despreciarslight adj1) slender: esbelto, delgado2) flimsy: endeble3) trifling: leve, insignificantea slight pain: un leve dolor4) small: pequeño, ligeronot in the slightest: en absolutoslight nsnub: desaire madj.• baladí adj.• corto, -a adj.• delgado, -a adj.• desaire adj.• insignificante adj.• leve adj.• ligero, -a adj.• menudo, -a adj.• sencillo, -a adj.n.• desaire s.m.• desatención s.f.• descuerno s.m.• feo s.m.v.• desairar v.• desatender v.• despreciar v.• menospreciar v.
I slaɪtadjective -er, -est1)a) <improvement/accent> ligero, levehe gets upset at the slightest thing — se molesta por la menor tontería or por cualquier nimiedad
I haven't the slightest idea — no tengo (ni) la menor or (ni) la más remota idea
do you mind? - not in the slightest — ¿te importa? - en absoluto or para nada
he's not the slightest bit interested — no le interesa en lo más mínimo or en absoluto
b) ( minimal) escaso2) ( slim) delgado, menudo
II
transitive verb (frml)a) (offend, ignore) desairar, hacerle* un desaire or un desprecio ab) ( belittle) \<\<work/contribution\>\> hablar con desdén de
III
noun (frml) desaire m, desprecio m[slaɪt]1. ADJ(compar slighter) (superl slightest)1) (=small, minor)a) [difference, change, increase, improvement] ligero, pequeño; [injury, problem, exaggeration] pequeño; [accent, movement] ligero; [breeze] suave; [smile, pain] leveafter a slight hesitation, he agreed — después de vacilar ligeramente, accedió
second I, 3., 5), a)•
to have a slight cold — tener un pequeño resfriado, estar un poco resfriadob)• the slightest: it doesn't make the slightest bit of difference — no importa en lo más mínimo
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not in the slightest — en absoluto2) (=slim) [figure, person] delgado, menudo2.N frm desaire m3.he felt that he had been slighted — sintió que le habían desairado, sintió que le habían hecho un desaire
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I [slaɪt]adjective -er, -est1)a) <improvement/accent> ligero, levehe gets upset at the slightest thing — se molesta por la menor tontería or por cualquier nimiedad
I haven't the slightest idea — no tengo (ni) la menor or (ni) la más remota idea
do you mind? - not in the slightest — ¿te importa? - en absoluto or para nada
he's not the slightest bit interested — no le interesa en lo más mínimo or en absoluto
b) ( minimal) escaso2) ( slim) delgado, menudo
II
transitive verb (frml)a) (offend, ignore) desairar, hacerle* un desaire or un desprecio ab) ( belittle) \<\<work/contribution\>\> hablar con desdén de
III
noun (frml) desaire m, desprecio m
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