salvar la cara
Spanish
Verb
salvar la cara (first-person singular present salvo la cara, first-person singular preterite salvé la cara, past participle salvado la cara)
- (idiomatic) to save face
Further reading
- “salvar la cara”, 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