in-your-face

US:USA pronunciation: respellingUSA pronunciation: respelling(in′yŏŏr′fās′)

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WordReference English-Spanish Dictionary © 2025:

Principal Translations
InglésEspañol
in-your-face adj figurative, slang (bold, provocative)provocativo/a adj
 Consumers resent the intrusion of in-your-face advertising into their lives.
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WordReference English-Spanish Dictionary © 2025:

Compound Forms:
InglésEspañol
In your face! interj US, figurative, slang (defiance) (coloquial)¡Toma! interj
  (ES: coloquial)¡Toma en los morros! loc interj
  (AR: coloquial)¡Tomá! interj
 You thought I couldn't win? Well, I did! In your face!
 ¿Pensaste que no podía ganar? ¡Pues gané! ¡Toma!
 ¿Pensaste que no podía ganar? ¡Pues gané! ¡Toma en los morros!
 ¿Pensaste que no podía ganar? ¡Bueno, gané! ¡Tomá!
throw [sth] back in [sb]'s face v expr figurative (charge with past misdeeds)echarle en cara algo a alguien loc verb + prep
 I wish you wouldn't throw that incident back in my face every time we have a row!
 ¡Me gustaría que no me siguieses echando en cara ese incidente cada vez que discutimos!
throw [sth] back in [sb]'s face v expr figurative (reject spitefully)desdeñar⇒, despreciar⇒ vtr
  rechazar⇒ vtr
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