when do I use el rostro and when do I use cara?
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When is it proper to use cara and when is rostro better?
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updated Aug 28, 2011
posted by 882---451
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Yeah, remember the Portuguese the John Travolta character taught his friend, played by Forest Whitaker, to use with the Portuguese lady coming to do housework, in the movie Phenomenon (1996)? I'm guessing rostro is the same in Portuguese! jeje... rostro also calls to mind the English word "countenance"... not too commonplace in everyday conversations....
updated Aug 28, 2011
posted by cristalino
And then there is "semblante" in Spanish as well. - gintar77, Aug 28, 2011
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To me, "rostro" is a bit more poetic--like saying "visage" instead of "face".
updated Aug 28, 2011
edited by gintar77
posted by gintar77
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"Rostro" is a literary way of saying "human face".
updated Dec 23, 2015
posted by lazarus1907
