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    Mi traducción me parece pobre. Ruego me hagáis llegar vuestras sugerencias.

    The sentence:
    Se otorgaba mucha importancia a los gestos, llegando a exagerarlos hasta lo grotesco

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    The gestures were very important, and they exaggerated them until being grotesque

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    Default Re: lo grotesco

    Hey Sol,

    It'd be easier to help with some more context...

    Anyway, my version would be:

    Gestures were seriously taken into account, even exaggerating them up to gross

    Hope that'll be of help!

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    Default Re: lo grotesco

    I agree that more context would help. I could guess:

    They attached a lot of importance to the gestures, even exaggerating them to the point of being bizarre.

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    Default Re: lo grotesco

    context, context, context

    I'm talking about engravings in the seventeenth century. Maybe the previous sentences could help:

    An image could be more expressive than the simple reality; the subjectivity of the author hit emotionally and it was a fast and multiple medium to present his works. Gestures were seriously taken into account, even exaggerating them up to gross.

    Thank you in advance

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    Default Re: lo grotesco

    Gernt's translation sounds really good to me. You could also use "grotesque" instead of "bizarre".

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    Default Re: lo grotesco

    Yes, “grotesque” would be much more appropriate for a work of art. For some reason, I was thinking in terms of a stage performance.

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