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)

(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, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014

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