cara o ceca

Language: es

1.
Generalcolloquial
- A decision-making method by flipping a coin (heads or tails).
2.
Generalcolloquialinformal
- To stake something on a fifty-fifty chance; to risk or gamble on an outcome that is left to chance, often used in contexts like 'double or nothing'.

Examples:

ES: Doble o nada, a cara o ceca.
EN: Double or nothing, heads or tails.
ES: ...cara o ceca.
EN: heads or tails.
ES: Lo siento, perdí a cara o ceca.
EN: Yes, sorry. I lost the coin toss.
ES: Los demás piden cara o ceca.
EN: You call heads or tails.

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