face to face

English

Alternative forms

• face-to-face

Adverb

face to face (not comparable)

1. (idiomatic) in person; directly; in the physical presence of somebody.

   He sounds intimidating over the phone, but if you meet him face to face you will find he is a friendly enough fellow.

Translations

in person

• Bengali: মুখোমুখি (bn) (mukhomukhi)
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 當面 (cmn), 当面 (cmn) (dāngmiàn), 面對面 (cmn), 面对面 (cmn) (miànduìmiàn)

• Czech: tváří v tvář (cs)
• Dutch: oog in oog (nl)
• Finnish: kasvokkain (fi), kasvotusten (fi); henkilökohtaisesti (fi)
• French: tête-à-tête (fr)
• German: tête-à-tête (de), unter vier Augen (de)
• Hungarian: személyesen (hu)
• Kurdish:

  Sorani: ڕوو به‌ ڕوو

• Persian:

  Farsi: رو به رو (fa) (ru beh ru)

• Russian: лицом к лицу (ru) (licóm k licú), с глазу на глаз (ru) (s glázu ná glaz), тет-а-тет (ru) (tɛte-a-tɛ́t)
• Scottish Gaelic: aghaidh ri aghaidh (gd)
• Serbo-Croatian:

  Cyrillic: очи у очи (sh)

  Roman: oči u oči (sh)

• Slovak: tvárou v tvár (sk)
• Spanish: frente a frente
• Swedish: ansikte mot ansikte
• Telugu: ముఖాముఖి (mukhaamukhi)

See also

• head to head
• tête-à-tête