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ficar de cara

Portuguese, verb

ficar de cara is a Portuguese verb meaning “Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see ficar, de, cara” (English Wiktionary, September 2026).

What does ficar de cara mean in English?

verb

  1. 1

    Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see ficar, de, cara.

  2. 2

    Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see ficar, de cara.

  3. 3

    to become angry or perplexed with someone or something

Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How Portuguese dictionaries define it

phrase: 1. estar sob efeito de espanto, surpreendimento a apresentar uma reação de choque; ficar curioso

The definition in the Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário), in Portuguese.

Source: Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário), dump of September 1, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org.

Forms of ficar de cara

  • fico de cara first-person present singular
  • fiquei de cara first-person preterite singular
  • ficado de cara participle past

Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).