cara o ceca
Spanish
Etymology
Literally, “face or mint”.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˌkaɾa o ˈθeka/ [ˌka.ɾa o ˈθe.ka] (Spain, Equatorial Guinea)
- IPA(key): /ˌkaɾa o ˈseka/ [ˌka.ɾa o ˈse.ka] (Latin America, Philippines)
- Syllabification: ca‧ra o ce‧ca
Adverb
- (Rioplatense, colloquial) randomly
Noun
- (Rioplatense) coin toss
- Synonyms: (Paraguay, Puerto Rico, Spain, Uruguay) cara o cruz, (Chile, Colombia, Ecuador, Panama, Peru, Venezuela) cara o sello
Further reading
- “cara o ceca”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8.1, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 15 December 2025