ver la cara
Spanish
Etymology
Literally, “to see (someone's) face”.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˌbeɾ la ˈkaɾa/ [ˌbeɾ la ˈka.ɾa]
- Syllabification: ver la ca‧ra
Verb
ver la cara (first-person singular present veo la cara, first-person singular preterite vi la cara, past participle visto la cara)
- (colloquial, Mexico, Guatemala, El Salvador, Puerto Rico, Ecuador, Peru, Bolivia) to trick, to deceive, to hoodwink [with dative]
Further reading
- “verle la cara a alguien”, 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
- “ver”, in Diccionario de americanismos [Dictionary of Americanisms] (in Spanish), Association of Academies of the Spanish Language [Spanish: Asociación de Academias de la Lengua Española], 2010