descarado

/deskaˈɾado/ · B2 · adj

brazen, cheeky, brash, impudent, shameless, brazen-faced, barefaced, bald-faced

😏 des- (without) + cara (face) + -ado = without a face to blush, so shameless

Descarado literally means 'de-faced': someone with no face to be embarrassed with. Cara is Spanish for face, so a person who does something with no shame in their face is brazen or cheeky. Compare English 'barefaced' and 'brazen-faced'.

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