dar la cara

21:57 Mar 15, 2016 

By the way, "to show one's face" also means to "make an appearance," so it's not too far off from being a possible translation.

21:52 Mar 15, 2016 

sorry about that. It is unknown to me whether the person was at fault or not, but he does claim being innocent and having gone to "dar la cara," meaning having faced the accusers / stood up to them. Sorry about the confusion once more.

21:46 Mar 15, 2016 

Any of the answers given could be right, but they could be very wrong, too, depending on the CONTEXT.

09:56 Mar 13, 2016 

You still, haven't answered my question "Is he guilty of what he's accused of?" or Robin's questions. Please give the full context. And "he showed his face" does not work at all here as colloquial English.

02:18 Mar 13, 2016 

You haven't answered Robin's question.

01:22 Mar 13, 2016 

"Después de que lo acusaron y se enteró, dio la cara y habló con ellos".
I believe "he showed (up)" or "he showed his face" would work fine. It's very colloquial. But I'm liking "he faced them" or "he stood up for himself" too.

00:51 Mar 13, 2016 

At the time of my posting this comment, you have 7 replies - with confidence ranging from 5 to 3 - and none of them will fit the expression "dar la cara" in all circumstances.

We need to see "dar la cara" in it's full source-text context. Not just the sentence in which the phrase occurs, but also with a description of the wider context; explaining, for example, whether this individual is accepting blame or denying it, whether (s)he is remorseful or defiant, whether the accusation is true or false.

I suggest you come back and add a full quote from the Spanish ST, rather than trying to explain what you think it means, in English, and expecting us to guess.