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No creo que exageres, porque tienes mucha razón.

No creo que exageres, porque tienes mucha razón.
I don't believe you are exaggerating, because you are very right.
From Lesson 161:Indicative vs. subjunctive for beliefs (creer que / no creer que)·Spanish (Latin America)

Questions & Answers about No creo que exageres, porque tienes mucha razón.

Why is exageres in the subjunctive here instead of the normal present tense?
Because the sentence starts with no creo que (I don't believe that). In Spanish, expressing doubt or disbelief with phrases like no creer que triggers the subjunctive mood for the verb that follows. If it were affirmative ("I believe that..."), you would use the regular indicative present tense: creo que exageras.
Why is tienes in the normal present tense if the sentence started with a doubt?
The doubt from no creo que only affects the clause directly attached to it (que exageres). The second part of the sentence, starting with porque (because), is a brand new clause stating a fact. The speaker isn't doubting that you are right; they are declaring it as a fact, so tienes uses the regular indicative mood.
Why does it use tienes (you have) to say "you are right"?
In English, we use the verb "to be" to say someone is right. In Spanish, the idiom is tener razón (literally "to have reason"). You cannot use ser or estar to say a person is right.
The translation says "very right," so why does the Spanish use mucha instead of muy?
Because razón is a noun (reason), and nouns are modified by mucho or mucha (a lot of / much). Muy (very) is only used before adjectives and adverbs. So you are literally saying "you have a lot of reason."

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