# exacerbar

- **Language:** Spanish
- **Level:** C1 (Advanced)
- **Part of speech:** verb
- **Pronunciation:** /eksaθeɾˈβaɾ/
- **English:** exacerbate
- **Persian:** تشدید کردن
- **Definition:** To make a bad situation worse.

## Example

> El estrés puede exacerbar los síntomas.
> Stress can exacerbate the symptoms.
> استرس می‌تواند علائم را تشدید کند.

## Word forms

- noun: exacerbación

## Opposites

aliviar

## Common phrases

- exacerbar el problema
- exacerbar aún más
- exacerbar las tensiones

## Related words

- [aliviar](https://langai.darkube.ir/vocabulary/spanish/aliviar): alleviate (C2)
- [deteriorarse](https://langai.darkube.ir/vocabulary/spanish/deteriorarse): deteriorate (C1)
- [menguar](https://langai.darkube.ir/vocabulary/spanish/menguar): diminish (C1)
- [fluctuar](https://langai.darkube.ir/vocabulary/spanish/fluctuar): fluctuate (C1)
- [mitigar](https://langai.darkube.ir/vocabulary/spanish/mitigar): mitigate (C1)
- [obsoleto](https://langai.darkube.ir/vocabulary/spanish/obsoleto): obsolete (C1)
- [reforzar](https://langai.darkube.ir/vocabulary/spanish/reforzar): reinforce (C1)
- [estimular](https://langai.darkube.ir/vocabulary/spanish/estimular): stimulate (C1)

Source: https://langai.darkube.ir/vocabulary/spanish/exacerbar