cara
English translation of cara
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- 1 a [Anat] face dímelo a la cara = say it to my face se le rio en la cara = she laughed in his face mírame a la cara = look at me Definition of face in the British & World English dictionary Definition of face in the US English dictionary Translate face | into French | into German | into Italian b (en locs) cara a cara = face to face
de cara
el sol me da de cara = the sun is in my eyes se puso de cara a la pared = she turned to face the wall, she turned her face to the wall dar la cara nunca da la cara = he never does his own dirty work dar la cara por algn = to stand up for sb echarle algo en cara a algn = to throw sth back in sb's face romperle la cara a algn (fam) = to smash sb's face in (colloq)
- 2 a (expresión) no pongas esa cara que no es para tanto = don't look like that, it's not that bad alegra esa cara = cheer up le cambió la cara cuando … = her face changed when … poner cara de bueno = to play o act the innocent poner cara de asco = to make o (BrE) pull a face andaba con/puso cara larga (fam) = he had/he pulled a long face b (aspecto) look tiene cara de cansado = he looks tired tienes mala cara = you don't look well ¡qué buena cara tiene la comida! = the food looks delicious! Definition of look in the British & World English dictionary Definition of look in the US English dictionary Translate look | into French | into German | into Italian
- 3 a [Mat] face Definition of face in the British & World English dictionary Definition of face in the US English dictionary Translate face | into French | into German | into Italian b (de disco, papel) side cara o cruz or (Arg) ceca or (Andes, Ven) sello = heads or tails lo echaron a cara o cruz = they tossed for it Definition of side in the British & World English dictionary Definition of side in the US English dictionary Translate side | into French | into German | into Italian
- 4 (fam) (frescura, descaro) nerve (colloq) cheek (BrE) (colloq) ¡qué cara (más dura) tienes! = you have some nerve! Definition of nerve in the British & World English dictionary Definition of nerve in the US English dictionary Translate nerve | into French | into German | into Italian
