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1 cara
cara sustantivo femenino 1a) (Anat) face;se le rio en la cara she laughed in his face; mírame a la cara look at meb) ( en locs)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 2a) ( 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 tienes mala cara you don't look well; ¡qué buena cara tiene la comida! the food looks delicious! 3a) (Mat) facecara o cruz or (Arg) ceca or (Andes, Ven) sello heads or tails; 4 (fam) (frescura, descaro) nerve (colloq), cheek (BrE colloq);◊ ¡qué cara (más dura) tienes! you have some nerve!■ sustantivo masculino y femenino: tb
caro,-a
I adjetivo expensive, dear
II adverbio (en el precio) el piso nos costó caro, we paid a lot for the flat (en las consecuencias) pagará caro su desprecio, he'll pay dearly for his scorn
cara
I sustantivo femenino
1 face: quise darle un beso, pero me torció la cara, I wanted to give her a kiss but she turned her face away
2 (expresión del rostro) puse cara de póquer, I tried to look as if nothing was happening
tiene buena/mala cara, he looks good/bad
tienes cara de circunstancias, you look serious
3 familiar (desfachatez) cheek, nerve: ¡qué cara tienes!, what a cheek you've got!
4 (de un folio, disco) side: está escrito por las dos caras, it's written on both sides
5 (anverso de una moneda) right side: ¿cara o cruz?, heads or tails?
echar algo a cara o cruz, to toss (a coin) for sthg
II mf familiar (fresco, descarado) cheeky person Locuciones: figurado dar la cara, to face the consequences (of one's acts) figurado dar o sacar la cara por alguien, to stand up for somebody figurado echarle a alguien algo en cara, to reproach sb for sthg
plantarle cara a alguien, to face up to sb figurado poner mala cara, to pull a long face
cara a cara, face to face
cara a la pared, facing the wall
de cara, (en dirección a uno, directamente): el sol me da de cara, the sun is right in my face (a favor) hoy tengo la suerte de cara, this is my lucky day figurado (de) cara a, (pensando en) with a view to: ya tienen un nuevo modelo de cara al próximo año, they've already got a new model for the following year (mirando a) facing: una casa cara a la montaña, a house facing the mountain familiar por la cara, for nothing: quería que hiciese el trabajo por la cara, he wanted me to do the work for nothing familiar irón por su cara bonita, because they like her face ' cara' also found in these entries: Spanish: abotargada - abotargado - arruga - arrugar - arrugarse - barba - bobalicón - bobalicona - cachete - capaz - comer - cruz - decir - denotar - estampar - evanescente - galería - incapaz - jeta - lavado - maquillar - marca - momentáneamente - mona - mono - ojo - plantar - plena - pleno - poema - reconocer - rozar - salir - santa - santo - señalar - simiesca - simiesco - sonar - sur - taparse - tête à tête - ubicar - vislumbrar - abotagado - alargar - alegrar - amarillo - ancho - apergaminado English: angular - antiallergenic - ashen - best - black - blank - bomb - bright - brighten - brim - carp - cheek - close - coin - contort - cost - cover - craggy - deadpan - dearly - deflect - disappointment - disfigure - distort - drawn - everyplace - exasperation - expression - face - fall - familiar - feature - flip side - florid - flush - flushed - forlorn - freckle - frightful - full - furrow - furtive - glow - glowing - grin - head - hideous - hollow - ill - job
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