Greek
| Example in Greek | Translation in English |
|---|---|
| - Το ξερεις πως τα παραφουσκώνεις. | - You do exaggerate. - He threw me out! |
| Όχι, όχι, όχι, μην το παραφουσκώνεις αγάπη. | Nah, nah, nah, don't build it up, luv. |
| Τα παραφουσκώνει ότι ο κ. Πιτ σας εμπιστεύεται, όσο θέλει. | It speaks volumes to us that Mr. Pete trusts you as much as he does. |
| Δεν θέλουμε να σκεφτεί ότι παραφουσκώνουμε ώρες. | We don't want him to think we're padding him. |
| Language | Verb(s) | Language | Verb(s) |
|---|---|---|---|
| Arabic | بالغ | Catalan | exagerar |
| Dutch | overdrijven | English | exaggerate |
| Estonian | utreerima | Finnish | liioitella, suurennella |
| French | exagérer, outrer | German | outrieren, übertreiben |
| Hungarian | túloz | Icelandic | öfga |
| Indonesian | membesar-besarkan | Italian | esagerare, sperticarsi |
| Japanese | 誇張 | Macedonian | преувеличи, преувеличува |
| Norwegian | overdrive | Persian | قمپز درکردن, گزاف گفتن |
| Polish | przejaskrawiać, wyolbrzymiać, wyolbrzymić | Portuguese | agigantar, exagerar |
| Quechua | anchachay | Romanian | exagera |
| Russian | преувеличивать, преувеличить, утрировать | Spanish | agigantar, cacarear, exagerar |
| Swedish | uppförstora, öfverdrifva, överdriva, överensstämma | Turkish | abartmak |