to bring face to face

Spanish translation: encontrarse cara a cara con

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English term or phrase:to bring face to face
Spanish translation:encontrarse cara a cara con
Entered by: Paloma Vilar

16:20 Jun 26, 2004
English to Spanish translations [Non-PRO]
Slang
English term or phrase: to bring face to face
They operate on a patient that brings them face to face with an old friend.
Paloma Vilar
Local time: 06:42
se encuentran cara a cara con
Explanation:
otra posibilidad
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pawlik
Spain
Local time: 06:42
Grading comment
Gracias!
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Summary of answers provided
4 +1se encuentran cara a cara con
pawlik
4 +1enfrentar (que los enfrentan)
Pablo Grosschmid
5 -1encarar
christopher bolton
3que los hace recordar...
Sandra Cifuentes Dowling
4 -1que los enfrenta cara a cara....
Xenia Wong


  

Answers


3 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 3/5Answerer confidence 3/5
que los hace recordar...


Explanation:
Pura intuición, nada literal.

Sandra Cifuentes Dowling
Chile
Local time: 02:42
Native speaker of: Spanish
PRO pts in category: 4
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5 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5 peer agreement (net): -1
que los enfrenta cara a cara....


Explanation:
...esta expresiòn de "cara a cara" es muy utilizada.

Xenia Wong
Local time: 00:42
Native speaker of: Native in SpanishSpanish, Native in EnglishEnglish

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
disagree  margaret caulfield: Sorry, Xenia. I don't think the word "enfrentar" is appropriate here.
1 hr
  -> Gracias por compartir Margaret.
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13 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 5/5 peer agreement (net): -1
encarar


Explanation:
Usually a legal term when putting a witness in front of an accused person

christopher bolton
Local time: 23:42
Native speaker of: Native in EnglishEnglish
PRO pts in category: 4

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
disagree  margaret caulfield: I don't believe this is the case here, rosebank.
1 hr
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16 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5 peer agreement (net): +1
se encuentran cara a cara con


Explanation:
otra posibilidad

pawlik
Spain
Local time: 06:42
Native speaker of: Native in EnglishEnglish, Native in PolishPolish
Grading comment
Gracias!

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  margaret caulfield: cuando se encuentran......
1 hr
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1 min   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5 peer agreement (net): +1
enfrentar (que los enfrentan)


Explanation:
no hay bastante contexto para saber de qué se está hablando, pero creo que puede servir en cualquier caso

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Note added at 2 days 13 hrs 24 mins (2004-06-29 05:44:47 GMT) Post-grading
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= poner frente a frente (en todo contexto)

Pablo Grosschmid
Spain
Local time: 06:42
Native speaker of: Native in SpanishSpanish
PRO pts in category: 8

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  Valeria Verona
1 min
  -> gracias, Valeria!

disagree  margaret caulfield: Sorry, Pablo. This time I can't agree. "Enfrentar" tends to be of a more violent nature.
1 hr
  -> one of several meanings, see DRAE+Moliner

agree  Nora Bellettieri
2 hrs
  -> gracias, Nora!
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