English[edit]
Alternative forms[edit]
face to face (not comparable)
- 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.
- (by extension) Closely encountering (a thing or situation).
- Finally, there I was, face to face with death.
Translations[edit]
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
- Danish: ansigt til ansigt, under fire øjne
- 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 (he)
- Hindi: आमने-सामने (āmne-sāmne), सम्मुख (hi) (sammukh), रूबरू (hi) (rūbrū)
- Hungarian: személyesen (hu)
- Ido: nazo kontre nazo
- Indonesian: tatap muka (id)
- Irish: aghaidh ar aghaidh
- Kurdish:
- Central Kurdish: ڕوو بە ڕوو (rû be rû)
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- Malay: bersemuka
- 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), w cztery oczy (pl)
- Portuguese: face a face, cara a cara (pt), pessoalmente (pt)
- 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 (es), cara a cara (es)
- Swedish: ansikte mot ansikte, öga mot öga
- Telugu: ముఖాముఖి (te) (mukhāmukhi)
- Turkish: yüz yüze (tr)
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See also[edit]
Spanish[edit]
Adjective[edit]
face to face (invariable)
- face to face
