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Exagerar is a Spanish verb which translates into English as “to exaggerate, overdo”.
Below are all of the conjugations for exagerar in Spanish, in all three moods (indicative/indicativo, subjunctive/subjunctivo and imperative/imperativo) and all of the tenses, for each pronoun.
The vosotros pronoun is mainly used in mainland Spain, and is the informal second-person plural – it could be considered the Spanish version of “y’all”. It is rarely found in Latin America, where ustedes is used instead.
The vos form is used instead of tú in some Spanish speaking countries of South America, especially the Southern Cone (e.g. Argentina and Uruguay) and has a different conjugation.
| English Infinitive | to exaggerate, overdo |
|---|---|
| Spanish Infinitive | exagerar |
The gerund (gerundio) is used with the continuous tenses, e.g. present continuous (está exagerando) and past continuous (estaba exagerando). The easiest way to think of it is the equivalent of english’s -ing form (e.g. exaggerating).
The past participle (participio) is used with perfect tense ‘haber’ verbs, e.g. he exagerado and hubiera exagerado. These are the equivalent of English’s ‘have’ (e.g. have exaggerated).
| Gerundio / Gerund | exagerando |
|---|---|
| Participio / Past Participle | exagerado |
The basic form of speech, el indicativo is used for making statements, talking about facts, events and things that are certain and objective.
The present tense is as it sounds – it’s for talking about things that are currently going on, which are habitual, or which generally exist. In English, this would be “I exaggerate” or “they exaggerate”.
| Pronoun | Spanish |
|---|---|
| Yo | exagero |
| Tú | exageras |
| Él / Ella / Usted | exagera |
| Nosotros / as | exageramos |
| Vosotros / as | exageráis |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | exageran |
| Vos | exagerás |
Your simple past tense, e.g. “I exaggerated” or “she exaggerated” in English.
In Spanish, there are two past tenses where just one is used in English; the pretérite infefinido is typically used to refer to a concrete, specific moment in time.
| Pronoun | Spanish | English |
|---|---|---|
| Yo | exageré | I exaggerated |
| Tú | exageraste | You exaggerated |
| Él / Ella / Usted | exageró | He / she / you exaggerated |
| Nosotros / as | exageramos | We exaggerated |
| Vosotros / as | exagerasteis | You exaggerated |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | exageraron | They / you exaggerated |
| Vos | exageraste | You exaggerated |
The pretérito imperfecto roughly translates as “I was exaggerating” or “she was exaggerating” in English, and is typically used to describe things and set a scene, talk about events without a specific timeframe, or talk about habitual events or states in the past.
| Pronoun | Spanish | English |
|---|---|---|
| Yo | exageraba | I was exaggerating |
| Tú | exagerabas | You were exaggerating |
| Él / Ella / Usted | exageraba | He was / she was / you were exaggerating |
| Nosotros / as | exagerábamos | We were exaggerating |
| Vosotros / as | exagerabais | You were exaggerating |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | exageraban | They / you were exaggerating |
| Vos | exagerabas | You were exaggerating |
The perfect tense is for talking about things which happened in the past but are still related to the present or continue into the present.
In English, these use the auxiliary verbs ‘have’ and ‘has’ – i.e. “I have exaggerated” and “she has exaggerated”.
| Pronoun | Spanish | English |
|---|---|---|
| Yo | he exagerado | I have exaggerated |
| Tú | has exagerado | You have exaggerated |
| Él / Ella / Usted | ha exagerado | He has / she has / you have exaggerated |
| Nosotros / as | hemos exagerado | We have exaggerated |
| Vosotros / as | habéis exagerado | You have exaggerated |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | han exagerado | They / you have exaggerated |
| Vos | has exagerado | You have exaggerated |
The conditional is used in place of the English modal verb “would”, i.e. “I would exaggerate” or “she would exaggerate”. It can be used to talk about hypothetical situations.
| Pronoun | Spanish | Englush |
|---|---|---|
| Yo | exageraría | I would exaggerate |
| Tú | exagerarías | You would exaggerate |
| Él / Ella / Usted | exageraría | He / she / you would exaggerate |
| Nosotros / as | exageraríamos | We would exaggerate |
| Vosotros / as | exageraríais | You would exaggerate |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | exagerarían | They / you would exaggerate |
| Vos | exagerarías | You would exaggerate |
The future tense, simply put, replaces the English modal verb “will” – i.e. “I will exaggerate” or “they will exaggerate”.
It is more commonly used for making a hypothesis about the present. To talk about the future, Spanish speakers frequently use “ir + a + infinivo”, e.g. “van a exagerar” means “They are going to exaggerate”.
| Pronoun | Spanish | English |
|---|---|---|
| Yo | exageraré | I will exaggerate |
| Tú | exagerarás | You will exaggerate |
| Él / Ella / Usted | exagerará | He / she / you will exaggerate |
| Nosotros / as | exageraremos | We will exaggerate |
| Vosotros / as | exageraréis | You will exaggerate |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | exagerarán | They / you will exaggerate |
| Vos | exagerarás | You will exaggerate |
| Pronoun | Spanish |
|---|---|
| Yo | exagere |
| Tú | exageres |
| Él / Ella / Usted | exagere |
| Nosotros / as | exageremos |
| Vosotros / as | exageréis |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | exageren |
| Vos | exageres |
There are two ways to form the imperfect subjunctive.
The first option sees verbs ending in -era (for -er and -ir verbs) and -ara (for -ar verbs), while the second sees verbs ending in -ese (for -er and -ir verbs) and -ase (for -ar verbs).
There is no difference between these two forms, and Spanish speakers use them interchangeably.
| Pronoun | Spanish era/ara | Spanish ese/ase |
|---|---|---|
| Yo | exagerara | exagerase |
| Tú | exageraras | exagerase |
| Él / Ella / Usted | exagerara | exagerase |
| Nosotros / as | exageráramos | exagerásemos |
| Vosotros / as | exagerarais | exageraseis |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | exageraran | exagerasen |
| Vos | exageraras | exagerase |
The future subjunctive is no longer used in modern-day Spanish, apart from in literary and legal contexts, and there is no need to learn it.
It is formed the same as the past/imperfect subjunctive, but with -e endings instead of -a endings.
| Pronoun | Spanish |
|---|---|
| Yo | exagerare |
| Tú | exagerares |
| Él / Ella / Usted | exagerare |
| Nosotros / as | exageráremos |
| Vosotros / as | exagerareis |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | exageraren |
| Vos | exagerares |
Used for forming positive and negative commands, e.g. “exaggerate!” and “don’t exaggerate!”.
| Pronoun | Spanish Affirmative | Spanish Negative |
|---|---|---|
| Tú | exagera | no exageres |
| Él / Ella / Usted | exagere | no exagere |
| Nosotros / as | exageremos | no exageremos |
| Vosotros / as | exagerad | no exageréis |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | exageren | no exageren |
| Vos | exagerá | no exageres |
| Pronoun | Spanish |
|---|---|
| Yo | haya exagerado |
| Tú | hayas exagerado |
| Él / Ella / Usted | haya exagerado |
| Nosotros / as | hayamos exagerado |
| Vosotros / as | hayáis exagerado |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | hayan exagerado |
| Vos | hayas exagerado |
| Pronoun | Spanish |
|---|---|
| Yo | hubiera exagerado / hubiese exagerado |
| Tú | hubieras exagerado / hubieses exagerado |
| Él / Ella / Usted | hubiera exagerado / hubiese exagerado |
| Nosotros / as | hubiéramos exagerado / hubiésemos exagerado |
| Vosotros / as | hubierais exagerado / hubieseis exagerado |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | hubieran exagerado / hubiesen exagerado |
| Vos | hubieras exagerado / hubieses exagerado |
| Pronoun | Spanish |
|---|---|
| Yo | hubiere exagerado |
| Tú | hubieres exagerado |
| Él / Ella / Usted | hubiere exagerado |
| Nosotros / as | hubiéremos exagerado |
| Vosotros / as | hubiereis exagerado |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | hubieren exagerado |
| Vos | hubieres exagerado |
| Pronoun | Spanish |
|---|---|
| Yo | esté exagerando |
| Tú | estés exagerando |
| Él / Ella / Usted | esté exagerando |
| Nosotros / as | estemos exagerando |
| Vosotros / as | estéis exagerando |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | estén exagerando |
| Vos | estés exagerando |
| Pronoun | Spanish |
|---|---|
| Yo | estuviera exagerando / estuviese exagerando |
| Tú | estuvieras exagerando / estuvieses exagerando |
| Él / Ella / Usted | estuviera exagerando / estuviese exagerando |
| Nosotros / as | estuviéramos exagerando / estuviésamos exagerando |
| Vosotros / as | estuvierais exagerando / estuvieseis exagerando |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | estuviera exagerando / estuviese exagerando |
| Vos | estuvieras exagerando / estuvieses exagerando |
| Pronoun | Spanish |
|---|---|
| Yo | estuviere exagerando |
| Tú | estuvieres exagerando |
| Él / Ella / Usted | estuviere exagerando |
| Nosotros / as | estuviéremos exagerando |
| Vosotros / as | estuviereis exagerando |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | estuviere exagerando |
| Vos | estuvieres exagerando |
Voseo is the practice of using ‘vos’ instead of ‘tú’ as the second-person singular pronoun, and is common throughout much of South America.
There are various versions of ‘voseo’ used throughout the Spanish-speaking world. The conjugations for the most common type – used throughout Argentina, parts of Bolivia, Colombia, Ecuador, Paraguya and Uruguay are below.
The present indicative (presente de indicativo) and affirmative imperative (imperativo) have different conjugations from the tú form, while all other tenses generally use the tú form.
| Tense | Vos Conjugation |
|---|---|
| Present Indicative Presente de Indicativo | Vos exagerás |
| Simle Past / Preterite Preterite de Indicativo | Vos exageraste |
| Imperfect Past Preterite Imperfecto de Indicativo | Vos exagerabas |
| Conditional Condicional | Vos exagerarías |
| Future Futuro de Indicativo | Vos exagerarás |
| Present Subjunctive Presente de Subjunctivo | Vos exageres |
| Imperfect Subjunctive Imperfecto de Subjunctivo | Vos exageraras / Vos exagerase |
| Affirmative Imperative Imperativo | Vos exagerá |
| Negative Imperative Imperativo Negativo | Vos no exageres |