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esagerazione

exaggeration

noun eh-zah-jeh-rah-TSYOH-neh Rare

Usage Note

Esagerazione is used both literally (an overstatement of facts) and as an exclamation of disbelief: Ma è un'esagerazione! ('That's ridiculous!'). The plural is regular: le esagerazioni.

Examples

"Quella storia è una pura esagerazione."

Natural Translation

That story is pure exaggeration.

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