/Sounds like 'ah-SER el KWEN-toh'/
To exaggerate, dramatize, or inflate a story beyond its actual events. The art of recounting something with more drama than it truly had. This phrase is commonly used across Latin America to call out someone's tendency to embellish the details of a story.
"He always exaggerates the story, it was just a simple scrape."
"Don't embellish, tell me exactly what happened."
/Sounds like 'ah-SER el KWEN-toh'/
To exaggerate, dramatize, or inflate a story beyond its actual events. The art of recounting something with more drama than it truly had. This phrase is commonly used across Latin America to call out someone's tendency to embellish the details of a story.
"He always exaggerates the story, it was just a simple scrape."
"Don't embellish, tell me exactly what happened."