cara a cara

face to face

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phrase Uncommon #16,413
face to face Used for meeting, confronting, or dealing with someone or something directly.
SP: Prefiero hablar cara a cara en vez de por mensaje.
EN: I prefer to talk face to face instead of by text.

Verse cara a cara con un dinosaurio fue una experiencia divertida.

Coming face to face with a dinosaur was a fun experience.

Si quieres hablar conmigo hablemos cara a cara.

If you want to talk to me, let's talk face to face.

Nos sentamos cara a cara.

We sat face to face.

El profesor y yo nos sentamos cara a cara.

The professor and I sat face to face.

Cara a cara.

Face to face.

Los luchadores se enfrentan cara a cara.

The fighters face each other.

— Dangal (2016)

Tom quería hablar con Mary cara a cara.

Tom wanted to talk to Mary face to face.

Debo hablar después con usted, cara a cara.

I need to talk to you later, face to face.

— Fellini, ocho y medio (1963)

Me he enfrentado al enemigo cara a cara en la batalla.

I have faced the enemy head-on in battle.

— Una batalla tras otra (2025)

Hombre a hombre, cara a cara.

Man to man, face to face.

— Detrás del sol (2001)

Nos sentamos cara a cara con los ejecutivos.

We sat down face to face with the executives.

Nunca la he visto cara a cara.

I've never met her face-to-face.

Fui directamente a su oficina para hablar con ella cara a cara sobre el problema.

I went directly to her office to talk to her face-to-face about the problem.

Al fin, ellos se encontraron cara a cara.

Finally, they came face to face.

Me gustaría hablar con él cara a cara.

I would like to speak with him face to face.

Sólo quiero hablar con ella cara a cara.

I just want to speak with her face-to-face.

— Audition (2000)

Ya sabes, sólo un rápido cara a cara entre tú y yo.

You know, just a quick face-to-face between you and me.

— Leviatán (2014)

Él sabe que no me gustan los encuentros cara a cara.

He knows I don't like face-to-face meetings.

Es hora del cara a cara.

It's time for a face-to-face confrontation.

— El club de la lucha (1999)

Dos hombres se encontraron cara a cara.

Two men came face to face.

Los dos políticos se encontraron cara a cara por primera vez.

The two politicians met face to face for the first time.

phrase Rare #36,214
face to face Used for speaking or meeting directly, or for confronting someone/something directly.
SP: Prefiero hablar con ella cara a cara.
EN: I’d rather talk to her face to face.

Yo tenía que pelear cara a cara con el sistema.

I had to fight the system head-on.

— Tropa de élite 2 (2010)

He visto la realidad cara a cara.

I have seen reality face to face.

Tom se encontró cara a cara con su enemigo.

Tom came face to face with his enemy.

Quería hablar contigo cara a cara.

I wanted to talk to you face to face.

Hay que hablarlo cara a cara.

We need to talk about it face to face.

— Fallen angels (Ángeles caídos) (1995)

Se lo dijo cara a cara.

He told her face to face.

Te digo esto cara a cara, termina esto ahora.

I'm telling you this face to face, finish this now.