rostro
/ˈrostɾo/ · A2 · noun · m
face
🙂 Latin rostrum = beak, snout; Spanish promoted it to mean the human face
Same root as English rostrum, the speaker's platform named after the ship beaks mounted on Rome's. Rostro is the formal, literary word for face; cara is the everyday one. Sound hook: a rooster's front end is its beak, its rostro.