la jeta

face, mug, cheek, nerve, audacity

ˈx e t a
noun · feminine Rare #51,385
face, mug Colloquial; can sound insulting when referring to someone’s face.
SP: Tiene la jeta llena de chocolate.
EN: His face is covered in chocolate.
cheek, nerve, audacity Colloquial, usually in expressions such as tener jeta or echarle jeta.
SP: Tiene mucha jeta para pedirnos más dinero.
EN: She has a lot of nerve asking us for more money.

¿Con esta jeta?

With a face like this?

— Хрусталёв, машину! (1999)

¡Qué jeta le echan algunos!

Some people have a lot of nerve!

Camila y Lorenzo no tuvieron más opción que ver esta jeta todos los días.

Camila and Lorenzo had no choice but to look at this mug every day.

— Bardo, falsa crónica de unas cuantas verdades (2022)

El principal de ellos es así, con una jeta redonda.

The main one of them is like this, with a round face.

— Брат (1997)

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