confrontar

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Etymology

Learned borrowing from Medieval Latin cōnfrontāre.

Pronunciation

Verb

confrontar (first-person singular present confronto, first-person singular preterite confrontí, past participle confrontat); root stress: (Central, Valencia, Balearic) /o/

  1. (transitive) to collate (compare two documents)
    Synonym: cotejar
  2. (intransitive) to agree, conform
  3. (intransitive) to be confronted (amb with)
    Synonym: afrontar

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Galician

Etymology

Learned borrowing from Medieval Latin cōnfrontāre.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /konfɾonˈtaɾ/
  • Rhymes: -aɾ
  • Hyphenation: con‧fron‧tar

Verb

confrontar (first-person singular present confronto, first-person singular preterite confrontei, past participle confrontado)

  1. to confront

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Portuguese

Etymology

Learned borrowing from Medieval Latin cōnfrontāre.

Pronunciation

 
 

  • Hyphenation: con‧fron‧tar

Verb

confrontar (first-person singular present confronto, first-person singular preterite confrontei, past participle confrontado)

  1. (transitive) to confront (to stand or meet facing, especially in competition, hostility or defiance)
    Synonym: enfrentar

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Spanish

Etymology

Learned borrowing from Medieval Latin cōnfrontāre.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /konfɾonˈtaɾ/
  • Rhymes: -aɾ
  • Syllabification: con‧fron‧tar

Verb

confrontar (first-person singular present confronto, first-person singular preterite confronté, past participle confrontado)

  1. to confront

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Venetan

Etymology

Learned borrowing from Medieval Latin cōnfrontāre.

Verb

confrontar

  1. (transitive) to compare, etc.
  2. (transitive) to confront

Conjugation

* Venetan conjugation varies from one region to another. Hence, the following conjugation should be considered as typical, not as exhaustive.