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SPANISH VERB

exagerar

to exaggerate

  • Regular -ar verb
  • Gerund: exagerando
  • Past participle: exagerado

Conjugation

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Present

Presente · now, habits and facts

  1. yo I exaggerate
  2. tú you exaggerate
  3. usted, él, ella he/she exaggerates
  4. nosotros we exaggerate
  5. vosotros Spain you all exaggerate
  6. ustedes, ellos, ellas they exaggerate

Past

Pretérito indefinido · finished actions

  1. yo I exaggerated
  2. tú you exaggerated
  3. usted, él, ella he/she exaggerated
  4. nosotros we exaggerated
  5. vosotros Spain you all exaggerated
  6. ustedes, ellos, ellas they exaggerated

Imperfect

Pretérito imperfecto · “used to” and “was …ing”

  1. yo I used to exaggerate
  2. tú you used to exaggerate
  3. usted, él, ella he/she used to exaggerate
  4. nosotros we used to exaggerate
  5. vosotros Spain you all used to exaggerate
  6. ustedes, ellos, ellas they used to exaggerate

Future

Futuro · plans and promises; in speech, “voy a hablar” is just as common

  1. yo I will exaggerate
  2. tú you will exaggerate
  3. usted, él, ella he/she will exaggerate
  4. nosotros we will exaggerate
  5. vosotros Spain you all will exaggerate
  6. ustedes, ellos, ellas they will exaggerate

Conditional

Condicional · “would”

  1. yo I would exaggerate
  2. tú you would exaggerate
  3. usted, él, ella he/she would exaggerate
  4. nosotros we would exaggerate
  5. vosotros Spain you all would exaggerate
  6. ustedes, ellos, ellas they would exaggerate

Present subjunctive

Presente de subjuntivo · wishes, doubts, “que …”

  1. yo (that) I exaggerate
  2. tú (that) you exaggerate
  3. usted, él, ella (that) he/she exaggerate
  4. nosotros (that) we exaggerate
  5. vosotros Spain (that) you all exaggerate
  6. ustedes, ellos, ellas (that) they exaggerate

Past subjunctive

Imperfecto de subjuntivo · “if I were”, “si …”

  1. yo (if) I exaggerated
  2. tú (if) you exaggerated
  3. usted, él, ella (if) he/she exaggerated
  4. nosotros (if) we exaggerated
  5. vosotros Spain (if) you all exaggerated
  6. ustedes, ellos, ellas (if) they exaggerated

Imperative

Imperativo · requests and orders; a negative one uses the subjunctive (no hables)

  1. tú exaggerate!
  2. usted exaggerate! (formal)
  3. nosotros exaggerate! (let’s)
  4. vosotros Spain exaggerate! (all of you)
  5. ustedes exaggerate! (all of you)

How to use exagerar

One sentence for each tense, the way people say it.

  1. Present

    Mi tío exagera todas las historias de pesca.

    My uncle exaggerates all his fishing stories.

  2. Past

    Exageraste un poco con la sal en la sopa.

    You went a bit overboard with the salt in the soup.

  3. Imperfect

    De pequeño exageraba el dolor para no ir al colegio.

    As a kid I exaggerated the pain to skip school.

  4. Future

    Seguro que la prensa exagerará la noticia otra vez.

    The press will surely blow the news out of proportion again.

  5. Conditional

    Yo no exageraría, solo fue un pequeño golpe.

    I wouldn't exaggerate, it was only a little bump.

  6. Present subjunctive

    No me gusta que exageres cuando cuentas lo que pasó.

    I don't like you exaggerating when you tell what happened.

  7. Past subjunctive

    Si no exagerara tanto, le creeríamos más.

    If he didn't exaggerate so much, we'd believe him more.

  8. Imperative

    ¡Exagera un poco el gesto, que es teatro!

    Exaggerate the gesture a bit, it's theatre!

Where you hear exagerar

The lessons that teach a form of it, and how they say it.

Spanish · Advanced Level 1

  • Sarah exagera cuando cuenta cuánto hemos esperado. Sarah exaggerates when she says how long we've been waiting.
  • Exageré un poco al hablar del avión. I exaggerated a little when I talked about the plane.
  • Esta vez no voy a exagerar. This time I'm not going to exaggerate.
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A Promise Is a Promise

Advanced Level 1 · No exageres. · quién exagera

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