¡Qué cara más dura!
Meaning: You've got incredible nerve and cheek — the audacity is almost impressive.
Language: Spanish
Literally: What a hard face!
Category: Insult
Origin: Tener cara dura (to have a hard face) = to be shameless; a favourite Spanish exclamation.
More compliments & insults — Insult
- Es un/una pesado/a — A dreadful bore — their company feels like carrying extra weight.
- Más terco/a que una mula — Hopelessly obstinate — no argument, fact, or force of nature will shift their position.
- Pareces un pulpo en un garaje — You're completely out of place — flailing around uselessly in an environment that makes n…
- Che rompiscatole — What an insufferable pest — someone who endlessly pesters and never lets you be.
- Testa quadrata — A rigid, inflexible blockhead who refuses to see beyond their fixed ideas.
- È un mammone — An overgrown man who can't make a decision without his mother — the Italian archetype of…
More Spanish compliments & insults
- Eres la leche — You're the best — absolutely fantastic.
- Eres más corto que las mangas de un chaleco — You're not the sharpest — a bit slow on the uptake.
- Eres un sol — You're a lovely, warm-hearted person.
- Eres más bueno que el pan — You are a genuinely good, kind soul.
- Tienes menos luces que un barco pirata — You're really not the brightest.
- Eres más lento que el caballo del malo — You're painfully slow — the villain's horse never catches the hero.
From our proverbs
- Keep your friends close and your enemies closer — It's wise to monitor those who might harm you.
- A picture is worth a thousand words — Visual information communicates more effectively than text.
- Absence makes the heart grow fonder — Being apart makes you appreciate someone more.