enfrentar
Portuguese
editEtymology
editPronunciation
edit- (Brazil) IPA(key): (careful pronunciation) /ẽ.fɾẽˈta(ʁ)/ [ẽ.fɾẽˈta(h)], (natural pronunciation) /ĩ.fɾẽˈta(ʁ)/ [ĩ.fɾẽˈta(h)]
- (São Paulo) IPA(key): (careful pronunciation) /ẽ.fɾẽˈta(ɾ)/, (natural pronunciation) /ĩ.fɾẽˈta(ɾ)/
- (Rio de Janeiro) IPA(key): (careful pronunciation) /ẽ.fɾẽˈta(ʁ)/ [ẽ.fɾẽˈta(χ)], (natural pronunciation) /ĩ.fɾẽˈta(ʁ)/ [ĩ.fɾẽˈta(χ)]
- (Southern Brazil) IPA(key): (careful pronunciation) /ẽ.fɾẽˈta(ɻ)/, (natural pronunciation) /ĩ.fɾẽˈta(ɻ)/
Verb
editenfrentar (first-person singular present enfrento, first-person singular preterite enfrentei, past participle enfrentado)
Conjugation
edit Conjugation of enfrentar (See Appendix:Portuguese verbs)
1Brazilian Portuguese.
2European Portuguese.
Spanish
editEtymology
editPronunciation
editVerb
editenfrentar (first-person singular present enfrento, first-person singular preterite enfrenté, past participle enfrentado)
- (transitive, reflexive) to confront, to face, to stand up to, (a person or force aggressively)
- (transitive, reflexive) to face, to confront, to address, to deal with, to meet, to tackle, to cope with, to handle, to contend, to contend with (e.g. reality, an issue, a problem)
- Enfrentémoslo... ― Let's face it...
- (transitive) to counter, to combat (e.g. a threat, terrorism, criminal activity)
- (transitive) to pit (two sides against each other)
- (reflexive) to take on, to face off, to face off against, to fight, to engage, to clash (e.g. take on somebody in a challenge) (+ a)
- (reflexive) to face, to be facing, to be dealing with, to be up against (+ a)
Conjugation
edit Conjugation of enfrentar (See Appendix:Spanish verbs)
Selected combined forms of enfrentar
These forms are generated automatically and may not actually be used. Pronoun usage varies by region.
Related terms
editFurther reading
edit- “enfrentar”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 2024 December 10
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