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English translation: throw in one's face

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Spanish term or phrase:	hechar en cara
English translation:	throw in one's face
Entered by:	Marian Greenfield

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18:36 Feb 14, 2002

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Slang / slang

Spanish term or phrase: hechar en cara

You give me presents, you take me to beautiful places and then you " hechas en cara"

Veronica

throw in my face

Explanation:
I suspect you mean <echar en cara> and probablemente <echarme en la cara> (with echarme followed by some object).

Selected response from:

Marian Greenfield
Local time: 15:28

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Summary of answers provided

4 +6

throw in my face

Marian Greenfield

4 +4

rub my nose in it

Alis?

5 +3

throw it all back in my face

Berni Armstrong

"Throw it in my face"

Christian Cadavid

4 -1

...and then you reproach me for it.

Parrot

4 -2

Throw it all out to my face

Nitza Ramos

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	Agatha Newsam

Answers

3 mins confidence:

peer agreement (net): +6

throw in my face

Explanation:
I suspect you mean <echar en cara> and probablemente <echarme en la cara> (with echarme followed by some object).

Marian Greenfield
Local time: 15:28
Native speaker of:

English
PRO pts in category: 12

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21 mins confidence:

peer agreement (net): -1

...and then you reproach me for it.

Explanation:
echar en cara = accuse s.o. of sth.

Your sentence in Spanish would end "y (luego) me lo echas en cara."

Parrot
Spain
Local time: 21:28
Native speaker of:

English
PRO pts in category: 1

1 hr confidence:

peer agreement (net): +3

throw it all back in my face

Explanation:
This I believe would be even more colloquial. Why "back" when it has never been in your face in the first place is one of the mysteries of English.

It doesn't really mean "reproach" here. The person is saying you were nice to me and then you were mean about being nice to me. Reproach would imply they did something wrong and then were told they had done so.

Berni Armstrong
Local time: 21:28
Native speaker of:

English

1 hr confidence:

"Throw it in my face"

Explanation:
To throw in someone's face. However, you could also use: "reproach me about it." In this case, I'm more incline to "Throw it in my face."

Christian Cadavid

1 hr confidence:

peer agreement (net): -2

Throw it all out to my face

Explanation:
Throw it all out to my face is like giving it back to someone in a bad manner or attitude.

Nitza Ramos
United States
Local time: 15:28
Native speaker of:

Spanish

1 hr confidence:

peer agreement (net): +4

rub my nose in it

Explanation:
how about this?

Alis?
Local time: 14:28
Native speaker of:

Spanish

Reference comments

3262 days

Reference

Reference information:
caer un canto

Agatha Newsam
Barbados

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