English-Spanish translations for lose face

• desprestigiarse
  ¿No será también que Europa no puede permitirse ahora desprestigiarse con una retirada o no sabe qué otras soluciones puede conjurar para asegurar la coexistencia y un futuro común? Is it not perhaps also the case that Europe cannot now afford to lose face by withdrawing, or does not know what other solutions it could conjure up to ensure coexistence and a common future?
• perder la cara
• quedar mal parado

Definition of lose face

• To lose the respect of others; to be humiliated or experience public disgrace

Related words

• lose faith
• close family ties
• lose one's face