cara o cruz
Spanish
Etymology
Literally, “face or cross”.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˌkaɾa o ˈkɾuθ/ [ˌka.ɾa o ˈkɾuθ] (Spain)
- IPA(key): /ˌkaɾa o ˈkɾus/ [ˌka.ɾa o ˈkɾus] (Latin America, Philippines)
- Syllabification: ca‧ra o cruz
Phrase
- (idiomatic) heads or tails
Descendants
- Tagalog : kara-krus
Further reading
- “cara o cruz, o cara y cruz”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 10 December 2024