echar en cara

Spanish

Etymology

Literally, “to throw in the face”.

Verb

echar en cara (first-person singular present echo en cara, first-person singular preterite eché en cara, past participle echado en cara)

1. (idiomatic) to reproach

   No me eches en cara, que todo lo perdiste.

   Don't throw it in my face that you lost everything

Further reading

• “echar a la cara, o en cara, o en la cara, a alguien algo”, 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