"salvare la faccia" meaning in Italian

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Verb

Forms: salvàre la faccia [canonical], sàlvo la faccia [first-person, present, singular], salvài la faccia [first-person, historic, past, singular], salvàto la faccia [participle, past], avére [auxiliary]
Etymology: Literally, “to save the face”. Compare French sauver la face. Etymology templates: {{m-g|to save the face}} “to save the face”, {{lit|to save the face}} Literally, “to save the face”, {{cog|fr|sauver la face}} French sauver la face Head templates: {{it-verb|a/à}} salvàre la faccia (first-person singular present sàlvo la faccia, first-person singular past historic salvài la faccia, past participle salvàto la faccia, auxiliary avére)
  1. (idiomatic) to save face Tags: idiomatic Synonyms: salvare le apparenze
    Sense id: en-salvare_la_faccia-it-verb-o~TpoxHW Categories (other): Italian entries with incorrect language header, Italian links with redundant wikilinks

Alternative forms

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