plantar cara

Spanish

Verb

plantar cara (first-person singular present planto cara, first-person singular preterite planté cara, past participle plantado cara)

1. (idiomatic) to face up to
   • 2021 January 23, Eleonora Giovio, “Le plantaba cara o me suicidaba”, in El País‎^[1]:

     Lo negué y lo negué hasta que dije: ya, no lo aguanto más. Es que es o suicidarme o plantarle cara. Eso pensé.

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See also

• dar la cara

Further reading

• “plantar 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], 2024 December 10