Information about the word overstate (English → Esperanto: troigi)

Synonym: exaggerate

Part of speechverb

Conjugation

Indicative mood
Present tensePast tense
(I) overstate(I) overstated
(thou) overstatest(thou) overstatedst
(he) overstates, overstates(he) overstated
(we) overstate(we) overstated
(you) overstate(you) overstated
(they) overstate(they) overstated
Subjunctive mood
Present tensePast tense
(I) overstate (I) overstated
(thou) overstate(thou) overstated
(he) overstate(he) overstated
(we) overstate(we) overstated
(you) overstate(you) overstated
(they) overstate(they) overstated
Imperative mood
overstate
Participles
Present participlePast participle
overstatingoverstated

Usage samples

African leaders, meanwhile, threw all caution to the wind, needlessly, and gave Russia’s president Vladimir Putin an undeserved platform to overstate his country’s contemporary significance to Africa.

Translations

Afrikaansoordrýf; oordrýwe
Catalanexagerar
Danishoverdrive
Dutchoverdríjven
Esperantotroigi
Germanübertreiben
Italianesagerare
Papiamentoeksagerá; eksaherá
Polishprzesadzać
Portugueseexagerar
Romanianexagera
Spanishabultar; exagerar
Swedishförstora
Turkishabartmak
West Frisianoerdriuwe