| Example in Indonesian | Translation in English |
|---|---|
| Jangan membesar-besarkan perihal "Saling memahami". | Don't exaggerate about "understanding each other". |
| Kadang-kadang pemilik mobil baru memiliki kecenderungan untuk membesar-besarkan masalah mereka. | Sometimes new car owners have a tendency to exaggerate their problems. |
| Sejarawan Muslim sengaja membesar-besarkan pentingnya Mekkah. | Muslim historians deliberately exaggerated the importance of Mecca. |
| -Anda selalu membesar-besarkan, itu di alam Anda. | - You always exaggerate, it's in your nature. |
| Aku tahu aku suka membesar-besarkan sedikit, tapi ... | I know I like to exaggerate a bit, but... |
| 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 |
| Greek | μεγαλοποιώ, παραλέω, υπερβάλλω | Hungarian | túloz |
| Icelandic | öfga | 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 |