Meanings
nounmoment of truth (plural moments of truth)
plural moments of truth
- idiomaticA 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.
Origin
- Spanishmomento de la verdad
- Englishmoment of truth
A calque of Spanish momento de la verdad, which refers to the time of the final sword thrust in a bullfight.
More words from Spanish
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Afrikaans oomblik van waarheid
- oomblik van waarheiddeciding instant
Czech moment pravdy, chvíle pravdy
- moment pravdydeciding instant
- chvíle pravdydeciding instant
Danish sandhedens øjeblik, sandhedens time
- sandhedens øjeblikdeciding instant
- sandhedens timedeciding instant
Dutch moment van de waarheid, uur van de waarheid
- moment van de waarheiddeciding instant
- uur van de waarheiddeciding instant
- uur Udeciding instant
Estonian tõe hetk
- tõe hetkdeciding instant
Finnish totuuden hetki
- totuuden hetkideciding instant
French moment de vérité, heure de vérité
- moment de véritédeciding instant
- heure de véritédeciding instant
German Stunde der Wahrheit, Moment der Wahrheit
- Stunde der Wahrheitdeciding instant
- Moment der Wahrheitdeciding instant
- Augenblick der Wahrheitdeciding instant
Hebrew רגע אמת
- רגע אמת (réga émet)deciding instant
Hungarian most ugrik a majom a vízbe
- most ugrik a majom a vízbedeciding instant
Italian momento della verità
- momento della veritàdeciding instant
Norwegian Bokmål sannhetens øyeblikk
- sannhetens øyeblikkdeciding instant
Polish chwila prawdy
- chwila prawdydeciding instant
Portuguese momento da verdade
- momento da verdadedeciding instant
Romanian momentul adevărului, moment de adevăr
- momentul adevăruluideciding instant
- moment de adevărdeciding instant
Russian моме́нт и́стины
- моме́нт и́стины (momént ístiny)deciding instant
Spanish hora de la verdad, momento de la verdad
- hora de la verdaddeciding instant
- momento de la verdaddeciding instant
Swedish sanningens ögonblick
- sanningens ögonblickdeciding instant
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APA
moment of truth. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 5, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/moment%20of%20truth
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“moment of truth.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/moment%20of%20truth. Accessed November 5, 2026.
Chicago
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “moment of truth,” accessed November 5, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/moment%20of%20truth.
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