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10 Language-to-English Dictionaries夸张
Pronunciation / Transliteration: kuāzhāng
"说这是灾难未免太夸张了。"
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A statement that represents something as being larger, better, or worse than it really is.
"To say that his work revolutionized the industry is a bit of an exaggeration."
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Linguistic Origin & Historical Etymology
The word 'exaggeration' originates from the Latin 'exaggeratio', which means 'to heap up' or 'to increase'. It evolved through Middle French before entering English in the late 16th century, reflecting a shift from a literal sense of piling up to a figurative sense of overstating or embellishing.
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10 Global Lexicons: How "Exaggeration" is said worldwide
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exagération
Transliteration: exagération
"C'est une pure exagération."
Übertreibung
Transliteration: Übertreibung
"Das ist eine maßlose Übertreibung."
esagerazione
Transliteration: esagerazione
"La sua reazione è stata un'esagerazione."
exageración
Transliteration: exageración
"Decir que cuesta una fortuna es una exageración."
exagero
Transliteration: exagero
"Isso é um exagero completo."
अतिशयोक्ति
Transliteration: atishayokti
"यह कहना कोई अतिशयोक्ति नहीं होगी कि वह सबसे अच्छा है।"
夸张
Transliteration: kuāzhāng
"说这是灾难未免太夸张了。"
과장
Transliteration: gwajang
"그것은 명백한 과장이다."
誇張
Transliteration: kochō
"それは少し誇張しすぎだ。"
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