face to face

See also: 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.

2. (by extension, idiomatic) 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, kasvotusten; henkilökohtaisesti
• French: tête-à-tête (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)
• Irish: aghaidh ar aghaidh
• Kurdish:

  Sorani: ڕوو به‌ ڕوو

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

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

• Persian: رو به رو ‎(ru be ru)
• 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
• Swedish: ansikte mot ansikte
• Telugu: ముఖాముఖి (te) ‎(mukhāmukhi)

See also

• head to head
• tête-à-tête