face to face

See also: face-to-face

English

face to face (not comparable)

In person; directly; in the physical presence of somebody.
He sounds intimidating over the phone, but if you meet him face to face you will find he is a friendly enough fellow.
(by extension) Closely encountering (a thing or situation).
Finally, there I was, face to face with death.

in person

Arabic: وَجْهًا لِوَجْه‎‎ (wajhan li-wajh)
Bengali: মুখোমুখি (mukhomukhi)
Bulgarian: лице́ в лице́ (licé v licé)
Chinese:
Cantonese: 當面, 当面 (dong¹ min⁶)

Mandarin: 當面 (zh), 当面 (zh) (dāngmiàn), 面對面 (zh), 面对面 (zh) (miànduìmiàn)
Czech: tváří v tvář
Dutch: oog in oog
Finnish: kasvokkain (fi), kasvotusten; henkilökohtaisesti (fi)
French: tête-à-tête (fr)
Georgian: პირისპირ (ṗirisṗir)
German: tête-à-tête (de), unter vier Augen (de)
Hebrew: פנים אל פנים‎‎
Hindi: आमने-सामने (āmne-sāmne), सम्मुख (hi) (sammukh)
Hungarian: személyesen (hu)
Ido: nazo kontre nazo
Irish: aghaidh ar aghaidh
Kurdish:
Sorani: ڕوو به‌ ڕوو‎‎

Maori: rae ki te rae, kanohi ki te kanohi
Norwegian:
Bokmål: ansikt til ansikt, under fire øyne (no)
Persian: رو به رو‎‎ (ru be ru)
Polish: twarzą w twarz (pl)
Portuguese: face a face
Romanian: față în față, între patru ochi
Russian: лицо́м к лицу́ (ru) (licóm k licú), с гла́зу на́ глаз (ru) (s glázu ná glaz), тет-а-те́т (ru) (tɛt-a-tɛ́t)
Scottish Gaelic: aghaidh ri aghaidh
Serbo-Croatian:
Cyrillic: очи у очи

Roman: oči u oči
Slovak: tvárou v tvár
Spanish: frente a frente
Swedish: ansikte mot ansikte
Telugu: ముఖాముఖి (te) (mukhāmukhi)
Turkish: yüz yüze (tr)

face to face (invariable)

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