moment of truth

English

Etymology

A calque of Spanish momento de la verdad, which refers to the time of the final sword thrust in a bullfight.

Noun

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.

   The moment of truth comes when you try to start the engine you have just rebuilt.

Translations

deciding instant

• Czech: moment pravdy m, chvíle pravdy f
• Danish: sandhedens øjeblik n, sandhedens time c
• Dutch: moment van de waarheid m, uur van de waarheid n, uur U n
• Estonian: tõe hetk
• Finnish: totuuden hetki
• French: moment de vérité (fr) m, heure de vérité (fr) f
• German: Stunde der Wahrheit (de) f, Moment der Wahrheit m, Augenblick der Wahrheit m
• Hebrew: רגע אמת m (réga émet)
• Hungarian: most ugrik a majom a vízbe (hu)
• Italian: momento della verità
• Norwegian:

  Bokmål: sannhetens øyeblikk m

• Polish: chwila prawdy f
• Portuguese: momento da verdade m
• Romanian: momentul adevărului n, moment de adevăr n
• Russian: моме́нт и́стины (ru) (momént ístiny)
• Serbo-Croatian: тренутак истине
• Spanish: hora de la verdad f, momento de la verdad m
• Swedish: sanningens ögonblick n

See also

• defining moment
• kairos
• do-or-die
• sink or swim