cara o ceca

Spanish

Etymology

Literally, “face or mint”.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (Spain) /ˌkaɾa o ˈθeka/ [ˌka.ɾa o ˈθe.ka]
• IPA^(key): (Latin America, Philippines) /ˌkaɾa o ˈseka/ [ˌka.ɾa o ˈse.ka]
• Syllabification: ca‧ra o ce‧ca

Phrase

cara o ceca

1. (Argentina, idiomatic) heads or tails

   Synonyms: (Paraguay, Puerto Rico, Spain, Uruguay) cara o cruz, (Chile, Colombia, Ecuador, Panama, Peru, Venezuela) cara o sello

Further reading

• “cara o ceca”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 2024 December 10