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Old March 03, 2014, 05:22 PM
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To fly in the face of something

This is such a striking representation of the idea of opposition - for example to fly in the face of reason, to fly in the face of a theory, to fly in the face of an argument, etc. - that there should be an equally graphic one in Spanish, something more lively than desafiar or oponer. Any ideas?

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Mmm... "oponerse arremetiendo contra"... "oponerse violentamente a" "desafiar [a la autoridad] en su cara" ("en sus morros" for Spain).

"Plantar cara"...
Yup, DRAE:
cara
plantar ~a alguien. 1. loc. verb. coloq. Desafiarlo, oponerse a él, resistir a su autoridad.

"Plantar cara" is problably what I'd use.

From Gran Diccionario de la Lengua Española LAROUSSE
plantar cara

locución coloquial Enfrentarse a una persona, colocándose frente a ella con ánimo agresivo e intimidatorio:
le plantó cara al portero que no le dejaba entrar en la discoteca.


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Sounds good, just what I was looking for. So it applies not only to opposition to people but also to opposition to ideas etc., right?
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Probably stretching it a bit, it could be used talking about opposition to ideas... although I think it is not very commonly used like that...

Well, actually... look at this example...

http://asiabudayrollitosprimavera.bl...llantes-2.html
y convencido de que Vietnam era el sitio en el que había que plantarle cara al comunismo.

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