exaggeration

English

From Latin exaggeratio

exaggeration (countable and uncountable, plural exaggerations)

The act of heaping or piling up.
The act of exaggerating; the act of doing or representing in an excessive manner; a going beyond the bounds of truth, reason, or justice; a hyperbolical representation; hyperbole; overstatement.
A representation of things beyond natural life, in expression, beauty, power, vigor.

act of exaggerating

Belarusian: перабо́льшанне n (pjerabólʹšannje), перавялі́чванне n (pjeravjalíčvannje)
Bengali: অতিরঞ্জন (bn) (ôtirôñjôn)
Bulgarian: преувеличе́ние (bg) n (preuveličénie)
Catalan: exageració (ca) f
Chinese:
Mandarin: 誇大 (zh), 夸大 (zh) (kuādà), 誇張 (zh), 夸张 (zh) (kuāzhāng)
Czech: přehánění n
Estonian: liialdus
Finnish: liioittelu (fi)
French: exagération (fr) f
Galician: esaxeración (gl) f, exaxeración (gl) f
German: Übertreibung (de) f
Greek: υπερβολή (el) f (ypervolí)
Ancient: ὑπερβολή f (huperbolḗ)
Gujarati: અતિશયોક્તિ (atiśyokti)
Hindi: अतिशयोक्ति (hi) m (atiśyokti)
Hungarian: túlzás (hu)
Irish: áiféis f, áibhéil f
Old Irish: spled
Italian: esagerazione (it) f

Japanese: 過言 (かごん, kagon), 誇張 (ja) (こちょう, kochō), 誇大 (ja) (こだい, kodai)
Korean: 과장 (ko) (gwajang) (誇張 (ko))
Lun Bawang: foot
Macedonian: преувеличување n (preuveličuvanje), претерување n (preteruvanje)
Maori: tahuperatanga
Persian: غلو‎ (fa) (ğolov), گترم‎ (fa) (gotrom)
Polish: przesada (pl) f
Portuguese: exagero (pt) m
Romanian: exagerare (ro)
Russian: преувеличе́ние (ru) n (preuveličénije)
Serbo-Croatian:
Cyrillic: преувеличавање n, претеривање n

Roman: preuveličavanje n, pretiravanje n
Slovak: preháňanie n
Slovene: pretiravanje n
Spanish: exageración (es) f
Swedish: överdrift (sv) c
Turkish: abartı (tr)
Ukrainian: перебі́льшення n (perebílʹšennja)
Volapük: tuükam (vo)

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