cara a cara

Catalan

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (Central, Balearic) [ˈka.ɾə ə ˈka.ɾə]
• IPA^(key): (Valencia) [ˈka.ɾa a ˈka.ɾa]

• Audio (Barcelona):

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Adverb

cara a cara

1. vis-à-vis; face to face

Further reading

• “cara”, in Diccionari de la llengua catalana [Dictionary of the Catalan Language] (in Catalan), second edition, Institute of Catalan Studies [Catalan: Institut d'Estudis Catalans], April 2007
• “cara”, in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana, 2025
• “cara” in Diccionari normatiu valencià, Acadèmia Valenciana de la Llengua.
• “cara” in Diccionari català-valencià-balear, Antoni Maria Alcover and Francesc de Borja Moll, 1962.

Portuguese

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈka.ɾɐ a ˈka.ɾɐ/, (with sandhi) /ˈka.ɾa ˈka.ɾɐ/

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈka.ɾɐ a ˈka.ɾɐ/, (with sandhi) /ˈka.ɾa ˈka.ɾɐ/
  • (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈka.ɾa a ˈka.ɾa/, (with sandhi) /ˈka.ɾa ˈka.ɾa/

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /ˈka.ɾɐ ɐ ˈka.ɾɐ/, (with sandhi) /ˈka.ɾa ˈka.ɾɐ/

Adverb

cara a cara (not comparable)

1. vis-à-vis; face to face

   Synonyms: face a face, frente a frente, tête-à-tête

Preposition

cara a cara

1. vis-à-vis (opposite)

   Synonym: face a face

Spanish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˌkaɾa a ˈkaɾa/ [ˌka.ɾa a ˈka.ɾa]
• Syllabification: ca‧ra a ca‧ra

Adverb

cara a cara

1. vis-à-vis; face to face

Noun

cara a cara m (plural cara a cara or cara a caras)

1. head-to-head

See also

• careo

Further reading

• “cara a cara”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 10 December 2024