salvar la cara

Spanish

Verb

salvar la cara (first-person singular present salvo la cara, first-person singular preterite salvé la cara, past participle salvado la cara)

1. (idiomatic) to save face

Further reading

• “salvar la cara”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.7, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 2023 November 28