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drammatizzare

to dramatize

verb drahm-mah-teed-DZAH-reh Rare

Also means

to exaggerate

Usage Note

Drammatizzare means either to adapt a story for the stage or screen, or colloquially to make a situation seem worse than it is. In everyday Italian the colloquial sense is common: Non drammatizzare! ('Don't make such a drama of it!'). It is a regular -are verb and takes avere as auxiliary.

Examples

"Non drammatizzare, è solo un piccolo errore."

Natural Translation

Don't dramatize, it's just a small mistake.

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