volte-face - translation to spanish
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volte-face - translation to spanish

WIKIMEDIA DISAMBIGUATION PAGE
Volte face; Volteface

volte-face         
viraje
cambio súbito de dirección
face it         
= seamos realistas
Ex: The article is entitled "Empty calories for the mind: the news might be sensationalistic, but face it, we"re all interested".
face         
  • this famous rock formation on Mars]]
PART OF THE BODY AT THE FRONT OF THE HEAD
Facial feature; Human face; Human Face; Human faces; Facialia; Faces; Draft:Face; Face shape
la cara

Definition

volte-face
(volte-faces)
If you say that someone's behaviour is a volte-face, you mean that they have changed their opinion or decision completely, so that it is the opposite of what it was before. (FORMAL)
The day's events were a remarkable volte-face.
= about-face
N-COUNT: usu sing

Wikipedia

Volte-face

Volte-face ( or ) is a total change of position, as in policy or opinion; an about-face.

The expression comes from the French language.

In the context of politics a volte-face is, in modern English, often referred to as a U-turn or a flip-flop in the UK and the US respectively.

Examples of use of volte-face
1. "This would, of course, represent a startling volte–face for Tony Blair.
2. By 1'42, his volte–face was completed when he applied to join the U.S.
3. After Patrushev‘s announcement, Magomedtagirov did a volte–face –– and immediately was targeted in an assassination attempt.
4. From the writing point of view, Bipasha‘s sudden volte–face comes as a shock.
5. The Bushehr volte–face may be the delayed ––and disguised – payoff.