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)

(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 waarheid m, uur van waarheid n
Estonian: tõe hetk
Finnish: totuuden hetki
French: moment de vérité 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)
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

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