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doble cara



Definitions

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doble cara
     1. n-f. poker face
     2. n-f. hypocrisy
     3. adj. hypocritical, two-faced
           Carlos y Rosa a veces son doble cara. - Carlos and Rosa are sometimes hypocritical.
Analysis
doble
     1. adj. double
     2. adj. twofold
     3. n-m. (quantity) double, twice as much
     4. n. (folklore) a doppleganger, a double
     5. v. formal second-person singular affirmative imperative of doblar
     doblar
          1. v. to fold
          2. v. to double
          3. v. to bend, to turn
          4. v. to dub
          5. v. to lap (to overtake a straggler in a race by completing one more whole lap than the straggler)
cara
     1. n-f. (anatomy) face (the front part of the head)
     2. n-f. face (one's facial expression)
     3. n-f. face (the frontal aspect of something)
     4. n-f. (colloquial) gall, nerve (impudence)
     5. n-f. (geometry) face (any of the flat bounding surfaces of a polyhedron)
     caro
          1. adj. dear (loved)
          2. adj. expensive
          3. adv. costly



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