"moment of truth" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: moments of truth [plural]
Etymology: A calque of Spanish momento de la verdad, which refers to the time of the final sword thrust in a bullfight. Etymology templates: {{cal|en|es|momento de la verdad|nocap=1}} calque of Spanish momento de la verdad Head templates: {{en-noun|moments of truth}} moment of truth (plural moments of truth)
  1. (idiomatic) A deciding instant; the time when a test determines or makes it apparent whether something will succeed. Tags: idiomatic Related terms: defining moment, kairos, do-or-die, sink or swim Translations (deciding instant): moment pravdy [masculine] (Czech), chvíle pravdy [feminine] (Czech), sandhedens øjeblik [neuter] (Danish), sandhedens time [common-gender] (Danish), moment van de waarheid [masculine] (Dutch), uur van de waarheid [neuter] (Dutch), uur U [neuter] (Dutch), tõe hetk (Estonian), totuuden hetki (Finnish), moment de vérité [masculine] (French), heure de vérité [feminine] (French), Stunde der Wahrheit [feminine] (German), Moment der Wahrheit [masculine] (German), Augenblick der Wahrheit [masculine] (German), רגע אמת (réga émet) [masculine] (Hebrew), most ugrik a majom a vízbe (Hungarian), momento della verità (Italian), sannhetens øyeblikk [masculine] (Norwegian Bokmål), chwila prawdy [feminine] (Polish), momento da verdade [masculine] (Portuguese), momentul adevărului [neuter] (Romanian), moment de adevăr [neuter] (Romanian), моме́нт и́стины (momént ístiny) (Russian), тренутак истине (Serbo-Croatian), hora de la verdad [feminine] (Spanish), momento de la verdad [masculine] (Spanish), sanningens ögonblick [neuter] (Swedish)

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