cara o sello
Spanish
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˌkaɾa o ˈseʝo/ [ˌka.ɾa o ˈse.ʝo] (Equatorial Guinea, most of Spain and Latin America)
- IPA(key): /ˌkaɾa o ˈseʎo/ [ˌka.ɾa o ˈse.ʎo] (rural northern Spain, Andes Mountains, Paraguay, Philippines)
- IPA(key): /ˌkaɾa o ˈseʃo/ [ˌka.ɾa o ˈse.ʃo] (Buenos Aires and environs)
- IPA(key): /ˌkaɾa o ˈseʒo/ [ˌka.ɾa o ˈse.ʒo] (elsewhere in Argentina and Uruguay)
- Syllabification: ca‧ra o se‧llo
Phrase
- (Latin America) heads or tails
- Synonyms: cara o cruz, cara o ceca (Argentina)
Further reading
- “cara o sello”, 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