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1 exaggerate
transitive verb* * *[iɡ'zæ‹əreit]1) (to make (something) appear to be, or describe it as, greater etc than it really is: You seem to be exaggerating his faults; That dress exaggerates her thinness.) übertreiben, hervorheben2) (to go beyond the truth in describing something etc: You can't trust her. She always exaggerates.) übertreiben•- academic.ru/25417/exaggeration">exaggeration* * *ex·ag·ger·ate[ɪgˈzæʤəreɪt, AM -ʤər-]I. vt▪ to \exaggerate sth etw übertreibento \exaggerate a situation eine Situation übertrieben darstellenII. vi übertreibenlet's not \exaggerate! bloß nicht übertreiben!* * *[Ig'zdZəreɪt]1. vt1) (= overstate) übertreibenhe exaggerated what really happened — er hat das, was wirklich geschehen war, übertrieben dargestellt
he tends to exaggerate his own importance — er neigt dazu, sich wichtigzutun
2. viübertreiben* * *exaggerate [ıɡˈzædʒəreıt]A v/t1. übertreiben, übertrieben darstellen2. überbetonenB v/i übertreiben:one can say without exaggerating that … man kann ohne Übertreibung sagen, dass …* * *transitive verbyou are exaggerating his importance — du machst ihn wichtiger, als er ist
* * *v.aufbauschen v.übertreiben v.
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