🇪🇸Spanish Source WordCode: ES

de cara llena

Pronunciation / Transliteration: de ˈka.ɾa ˈʎe.na

🇬🇧 Direct English Meaning:
Full-faced/ˈfʊl.feɪst/
adjectiveCEFR C1 (Advanced)Top #28450 frequency
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🇪🇸 Example Sentence in Spanish:

"Llevaba un casco integral para proteger su cabeza."

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2 senses
As adjective
  1. 1

    Having a round, full, or broad face.

    "He was a full-faced man with a pleasant, open expression."
  2. 2

    Facing directly forward; presenting the entire face to view, as in a portrait or helmet.

    "The motorcycle rider wore a full-faced helmet for maximum protection."

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Linguistic Origin & Historical Etymology

Derived from the combination of 'full' (from Old English 'full', meaning complete or containing all that can be held) and 'faced' (derived from the noun 'face', from Old French 'face' and Latin 'facia'). It emerged in early modern English as a descriptive compound adjective referring to facial structure or visibility.

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