English-Spanish translations for face

• encarar
  No sé cómo encararán a sus votantes. I do not know how they will face their voters.
• cara
  La Unión Europea es libre de mirar cara a cara a la realidad. The European Union is free to see reality face to face.
  Es necesario poner cara y ojos a las víctimas. The victims need to be given faces.
  Esta Presidencia tuvo dos caras. This Presidency had two faces.
• enfrentar
  ¡Pero no se van a enfrentar a Irán! But you will not face up to Iran!
  Pero tenemos que enfrentarnos a la realidad. We must, however, face reality.
  Estos son algunos de los nuevos factores a los que nos tenemos que enfrentar. These are some of the new factors we have to face.
• enfrentarse
  ¿Por qué iban a enfrentarse a una vida antisocial? Why should they face an anti-social life?
  Hemos escuchado las dificultades a las que hubo que enfrentarse. We have heard about the difficulties that had to be faced.
  La Rusia actual no es lo suficientemente valiente como para enfrentarse a esta espantosa verdad. Today's Russia is not brave enough to face this horrific truth.
• faz
• gesto
• imagen
  Esto es importante si queremos combatir la imagen negativa de los partidos entre los ciudadanos y su imagen como el rostro impopular de la democracia. This is important if we are to combat the parties' negative image among citizens and their image as the unpopular face of democracy.
  En Europa no podemos permanecer silenciosos ante la industria del turismo sexual, que tanto ensucia la imagen que el mundo tiene de nosotros. We in Europe can no longer stand silent in the face of the sex tourism industry which so besmirches our standing in the world.
  La situación en América nos proporciona una alarmante imagen de lo que potencialmente podría ocurrir en Europa a no ser que actuemos inmediatamente. The American situation offers a dangerous snapshot of what we potentially face in Europe unless we act now.
• jeta
• mirar
  Por tanto, tenemos que mirar los hechos de frente. We therefore need to look facts in the face.
  No hay que evitar mirar la realidad a la cara. We must not avoid looking reality in the face.
  La Unión Europea es libre de mirar cara a cara a la realidad. The European Union is free to see reality face to face.
• mueca
• reputación
• rostro
  Éste es el verdadero rostro de la UE de hoy. This is the true face of today's EU.
  Hasta ahí, pues, el rostro humano del socialismo. So this is the human face of socialism!
  El racismo tiene nombres y rostros. So racism does have a name and a face.
• técnico
  Se reconocen las tareas que afrontan la élite y la sociedad y los preparativos técnicos siguen adelante. The tasks faced by the elite and by society are recognised and the technical preparations are going ahead.
  En lugar de concedérselo, son registradas con medios técnico- criminalistas; la cooperación europea ve su única tarea en la defensa y, en caso necesario, en la expulsión. In the face of a mere 2000 fleeing Kurds politicians conjure horrific images of an uncontrolled flood of refugees.

Definition of face

• The front part of the head of a human or other animal, featuring the eyes, nose and mouth, and the surrounding area
• One's facial expression
• A distorted facial expression; an expression of displeasure, insult, etc
• The public image; outward appearance
• The frontal aspect of something
• An aspect of the character or nature of someone or something
• Presence; sight; front
• The directed force of something
• Good reputation; standing in the eyes of others; dignity; prestige. (''See''''lose face''', '''save face'''
• Any surface, especially a front or outer one
• Any of the flat bounding surfaces of a polyhedron. More generally, any of the bounding pieces of a polytope of any dimension
• The mouth
• Makeup; one's complete facial cosmetic application
• A person
• A familiar or well-known person; a member of a particular scene, such as music or fashion scene
• A headline#Verb|headlining wrestler with a persona embodying heroic or virtuous traits and who is regard#Verb|regarded as a "good guy", especially one who is handsome and well#Adjective|well-conditioned#Adjective|conditioned; a baby face
• The front surface of a bat
• The side of the card that shows its value (as opposed to the back side, which looks the same on all cards of the deck
• The width of a pulley, or the length of a cog from end to end
• A typeface
• The amount expressed on a bill, note, bond, etc., without any interest or discount; face value
• To position oneself or itself so as to have one's face closest to (something
• To have its front closest to, or in the direction of (something else
• To cause to turn or present a face or front, as in a particular direction
• To be presented or confronted with; to have in prospect
• To deal with ; to accept even when undesirable
• To have the front in a certain direction
• To have as an opponent
• To be the batsman on strike
• To confront impudently; to bully
• To cover in front, for ornament, protection, etc.; to put a facing upon
• To line near the edge, especially with a different material
• To cover with better, or better appearing, material than the mass consists of, for purpose of deception, as the surface of a box of tea, a barrel of sugar, etc
• To arrange the products in so that they are tidy and attractive

Examples

• That girl has a pretty face
• The monkey pressed its face against the railings
• Why the sad face?
• Children! Stop making faces at each other!
• Our chairman is the face of this company
• He managed to show a bold face despite his embarrassment
• The face of the cliff loomed above them
• This is a face of her that we have not seen before.
• Poverty is the ugly face of capitalism.
• to fly in the face of danger
• to speak before the face of God
• They turned the boat into the face of the storm
• Youve got some face coming round here after what youve done.
• Put a big sign on each face of the building that can be seen from the road
• They climbed the north face of the mountain
• She wanted to wipe him off the face of the earth
• Shut your face!
• Hes always stuffing his face with chips
• Ill be out in a sec. Just let me put on my face
• It was just the usual faces at the pub tonight.
• He owned several local businesses and was a face around town
• The fans cheered on the face as he made his comeback
• a pulley or cog wheel of ten inches face
• Face the sun
• Turn the chair so it faces the table
• We are facing an uncertain future.
• Im going to have to face this sooner or later
• The seats in the carriage faced backwards
• Puddletown United face Mudchester Rovers in the quarter-finals.
• Willoughby comes in to bowl, and its Hobson facing.
• a building faced with marble
• to face the front of a coat, or the bottom of a dress
• In my first job, I learned how to operate a till and to face the store to high standards.

Related words

• surface
• facetious
• interface
• fuckface
• about-face
• volte-face
• deface
• resurface
• worksurface