exaggero

Latin

Etymology

From ex- +‎ aggerō.

Pronunciation

Verb

exaggerō (present infinitive exaggerāre, perfect active exaggerāvī, supine exaggerātum); first conjugation

  1. to heap up
  2. to exalt, amplify, heighten, magnify, exaggerate

Conjugation

Derived terms

Descendants

  • Catalan: exagerar
  • English: exaggerate
  • French: exagérer
  • Galician: exaxerar
  • Italian: esagerare
  • Piedmontese: esageré
  • Portuguese: exagerar
  • Romanian: exagera
  • Spanish: exagerar

References

  • exaggero”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • exaggero”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
  • exaggero in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.