descararse

A reflexive verb meaning to become shameless or insolent — to lose all sense of restraint and act with brazen nerve, closely tied to the everyday adjective descarado (shameless, cheeky) and the noun cara (face, used idiomatically for 'nerve').

• Se descaró y le contestó mal al jefe. — He had the nerve to talk back to the boss.
• No puedo creer que te descararas así en público. — I can't believe you were that brazen in public.
• Con el tiempo se fue descarando cada vez más. — Over time he got bolder and more shameless.

Learners often know descarado (shameless) as an adjective but miss that it comes from this verb — descararse describes the process of becoming that way, not just the resulting state.

Often confused with descarar.