afrentar

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Spanish

Etymology

Inherited from Old Spanish afrontar, from Vulgar Latin *affrontāre, derived from Latin ad- + frontem + -āre. Doublet of afrontar. By surface analysis, a- +‎ frente +‎ -ar.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /afɾenˈtaɾ/
  • Rhymes: -aɾ
  • Syllabification: a‧fren‧tar

Verb

afrentar (first-person singular present afrento, first-person singular preterite afrenté, past participle afrentado)

  1. (transitive) to affront
    Synonyms: humillar, ofender, denostar

Conjugation

    Conjugation of afrentar (See Appendix:Spanish verbs)
infinitive afrentar
gerund afrentando
past participle masculine feminine
singular afrentado afrentada
plural afrentados afrentadas
singular plural
1st person 2nd person 3rd person 1st person 2nd person 3rd person
indicative yo tú
vos 		él/ella/ello
usted 		nosotros
nosotras 		vosotros
vosotras 		ellos/ellas
ustedes
present afrento afrentastú
afrentásvos 		afrenta afrentamos afrentáis afrentan
imperfect afrentaba afrentabas afrentaba afrentábamos afrentabais afrentaban
preterite afrenté afrentaste afrentó afrentamos afrentasteis afrentaron
future afrentaré afrentarás afrentará afrentaremos afrentaréis afrentarán
conditional afrentaría afrentarías afrentaría afrentaríamos afrentaríais afrentarían
subjunctive yo tú
vos 		él/ella/ello
usted 		nosotros
nosotras 		vosotros
vosotras 		ellos/ellas
ustedes
present afrente afrentestú
afrentésvos2 		afrente afrentemos afrentéis afrenten
imperfect
(ra) 		afrentara afrentaras afrentara afrentáramos afrentarais afrentaran
imperfect
(se) 		afrentase afrentases afrentase afrentásemos afrentaseis afrentasen
future1 afrentare afrentares afrentare afrentáremos afrentareis afrentaren
imperative — tú
vos 		usted nosotros
nosotras 		vosotros
vosotras 		ustedes
affirmative afrentatú
afrentávos 		afrente afrentemos afrentad afrenten
negative no afrentes no afrente no afrentemos no afrentéis no afrenten

1Mostly obsolete, now mainly used in legal language.
2Argentine and Uruguayan voseo prefers the tú form for the present subjunctive.

    Selected combined forms of afrentar

These forms are generated automatically and may not actually be used. Pronoun usage varies by region.

singular plural
1st person 2nd person 3rd person 1st person 2nd person 3rd person
with infinitive afrentar
dative afrentarme afrentarte afrentarle, afrentarse afrentarnos afrentaros afrentarles, afrentarse
accusative afrentarme afrentarte afrentarlo, afrentarla, afrentarse afrentarnos afrentaros afrentarlos, afrentarlas, afrentarse
with gerund afrentando
dative afrentándome afrentándote afrentándole, afrentándose afrentándonos afrentándoos afrentándoles, afrentándose
accusative afrentándome afrentándote afrentándolo, afrentándola, afrentándose afrentándonos afrentándoos afrentándolos, afrentándolas, afrentándose
with informal second-person singular tú imperative afrenta
dative afréntame afréntate afréntale afréntanos not used afréntales
accusative afréntame afréntate afréntalo, afréntala afréntanos not used afréntalos, afréntalas
with informal second-person singular vos imperative afrentá
dative afrentame afrentate afrentale afrentanos not used afrentales
accusative afrentame afrentate afrentalo, afrentala afrentanos not used afrentalos, afrentalas
with formal second-person singular imperative afrente
dative afrénteme not used afréntele, afréntese afréntenos not used afrénteles
accusative afrénteme not used afréntelo, afréntela, afréntese afréntenos not used afréntelos, afréntelas
with first-person plural imperative afrentemos
dative not used afrentémoste afrentémosle afrentémonos afrentémoos afrentémosles
accusative not used afrentémoste afrentémoslo, afrentémosla afrentémonos afrentémoos afrentémoslos, afrentémoslas
with informal second-person plural imperative afrentad
dative afrentadme not used afrentadle afrentadnos afrentaos afrentadles
accusative afrentadme not used afrentadlo, afrentadla afrentadnos afrentaos afrentadlos, afrentadlas
with formal second-person plural imperative afrenten
dative afréntenme not used afréntenle afréntennos not used afréntenles, afréntense
accusative afréntenme not used afréntenlo, afréntenla afréntennos not used afréntenlos, afréntenlas, afréntense

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