📢hyperbole (hipérbole)

noun
/haɪˈpɜːrbəli/
hipérbole (hiperbole)

Meaning

Exaggerated statements or claims not meant to be taken literally.
Traducción del significado
expresiones o afirmaciones exageradas que no deben tomarse literalmente
expresiones o afirmaciones exageradas que no deben tomarse literalmente

Oraciones de ejemplo

Saying he could run a thousand miles in a day is pure hyperbole.

Decir que podría correr mil millas en un día es pura hipérbole.
Decir que podria correr mil millas en un dia es pura hiperbole.

Saying 'I’m so hungry I could eat a horse' is a classic example of hyperbole.

Decir 'Tengo tanta hambre que podría comerme un caballo' es un ejemplo clásico de hipérbole.
Decir 'Tengo tanta hambre que podría comerme un caballo' es un ejemplo clásico de hipérbole.

Expresiones de ejemplo

it's not hyperbole
no es hipérbole
no es hiperbole

Synonyms

exaggeration, overstatement, amplification, embellishment
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exaggeration, overstatement, amplification, embellishment
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exaggeration, overstatement, embellishment, amplification

Antonyms

understatement, literalness
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understatement, literalness
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understatement, literalness

Colocaciones

pure hyperbole, literary hyperbole, comic hyperbole, use of hyperbole, use hyperbole, classic hyperbole, rhetorical hyperbole, hyperbole in speech
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pure hyperbole, literary hyperbole, comic hyperbole, use of hyperbole
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use hyperbole, classic hyperbole, rhetorical hyperbole, hyperbole in speech

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