How do you say “exaggerate” in Vietnamese?

“Exaggerate” in Vietnamese is phóng đại (to magnify), thổi phồng (to exaggerate).

Vietnamese words for “exaggerate”

• phóng đạiListennoun
  Hanoi [fawŋ͡m˧˦ ʔɗaːj˧˨ʔ] · Saigon [fawŋ͡m˦˥ ʔɗaːj˨˩˨]phóng rising đại heavy

  to magnify; to enlarge; to exaggerate

  • Tom luôn luôn nói phóng đại.Tom always exaggerates.
• thổi phồngListenverb
  Hanoi [tʰoj˧˩ fəwŋ͡m˨˩] · Saigon [tʰoj˨˩˦ fəwŋ͡m˨˩]thổi dipping phồng falling

  to exaggerate; to inflate

Related Vietnamese words

• khoa trươngListenverb

  to boast; to brag

Translations matched from English Wiktionary (translation tables and Vietnamese entries, via kaikki.org; CC BY-SA 4.0) and the NgonNgu English–Vietnamese dictionary, reviewed and edited; examples from Tatoeba (CC BY 2.0 FR). The Listen button uses your browser's Vietnamese voice.