FluentPlex

face

/feɪ̯s/ verbo A2

En español: encarar, mirar, enfrentarse, carear

  1. To position oneself or itself so as to have one's face closest to (something). (transitive) · Face the sun.
  2. To have its front closest to, or in the direction of (something else). (transitive) · Turn the chair so it faces the table.
  3. To cause (something) to turn or present a face or front, as in a particular direction. (transitive)
  4. To improve the display of stock by ensuring items aren't upside down or back to front and are pulled forwards. (transitive) · I've put out the stock and broken down the boxes, it's just facing left to do.· In my first job, I learned how to operate a till and to face the store to high standards.
  5. To be presented or confronted with; to have in prospect. (transitive) · We are facing an uncertain future.
  6. To deal with (a difficult situation or person); to accept (facts, reality, etc.) even when undesirable. (transitive) · I'm going to have to face this sooner or later.
  7. To have the front in a certain direction. (intransitive) · The seats in the carriage faced backwards.
  8. To have as an opponent. (transitive) · Real Madrid face Juventus in the quarter-finals.

He/she/it faces · Pasado faced · Participio pasado faced · Forma en -ing facing

+ Guardar para repasar

Formas del verbo

Forma base
face
He/she/it
faces
Pasado
faced
Participio pasado
faced
Forma en -ing
facing

De la biblioteca

Her face was covered with wrinkles, her hair was nearly white, and she walked rather stiffly.
The Wonderful Wizard of Oz, p. 6 · B2
Gardiner, looking at the picture; “it is a handsome face.
Pride and Prejudice, p. 275 · B2
Elizabeth walked on in quest of the only face whose features would be known to her.
Pride and Prejudice, p. 279 · B2
Darcy, with such a smile over the face, as she remembered to have sometimes seen, when he looked at her.
Pride and Prejudice, p. 279 · B2

Otras coincidencias

Aprende face en textos reales

Con una cuenta gratuita, pasa el cursor sobre cualquier palabra de la biblioteca para ver su significado, escúchala en voz alta, guarda palabras para repasarlas al ritmo de tu memoria y descubre cuánto de cada libro ya conoces.

Crear cuenta gratuita
Palabras, significados, pronunciaciones y traducciones de Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0); la frecuencia de cada palabra, de wordfreq. Convertido en este diccionario por FluentPlex.