face to face

See also: face-to-face

English

Alternative forms

• face-to-face

Adverb

face to face (not comparable)

1. 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.

2. (by extension) Closely encountering (a thing or situation).

   Finally, there I was, face to face with death.

Translations

in person

• Arabic: وَجْهًا لِوَجْه‎‎ (wajhan li-wajh)
• Bengali: মুখোমুখি (mukhomukhi)
• Bulgarian: лице́ в лице́ (licé v licé)
• Chinese:

  Cantonese: 當面, 当面 (dong¹ min⁶)

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

• Czech: tváří v tvář
• Dutch: oog in oog
• Finnish: kasvokkain (fi), kasvotusten; henkilökohtaisesti (fi)
• French: tête-à-tête (fr), face à face (fr)
• Georgian: პირისპირ (ṗirisṗir)
• German: tête-à-tête (de), unter vier Augen (de)
• Hebrew: פנים אל פנים‎‎
• Hindi: आमने-सामने (āmne-sāmne), सम्मुख (hi) (sammukh)
• Hungarian: személyesen (hu)
• Ido: nazo kontre nazo
• Irish: aghaidh ar aghaidh
• Kurdish:

  Sorani: ڕوو به‌ ڕوو‎‎ (rû be rû)

• Maori: rae ki te rae, kanohi ki te kanohi
• Norwegian:

  Bokmål: ansikt til ansikt, under fire øyne (no)

• Persian: رو به رو‎‎ (ru be ru)
• Polish: twarzą w twarz (pl)
• Portuguese: face a face
• Romanian: față în față, între patru ochi
• Russian: лицо́м к лицу́ (ru) (licóm k licú), с гла́зу на́ глаз (ru) (s glázu ná glaz), тет-а-те́т (ru) (tɛt-a-tɛ́t)
• Scottish Gaelic: aghaidh ri aghaidh
• Serbo-Croatian:

  Cyrillic: очи у очи

  Roman: oči u oči

• Slovak: tvárou v tvár
• Spanish: frente a frente, cara a cara (es)
• Swedish: ansikte mot ansikte
• Telugu: ముఖాముఖి (te) (mukhāmukhi)
• Turkish: yüz yüze (tr)

See also

• head to head
• tête-à-tête

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Spanish

Adjective

face to face (invariable)

1. face to face