afrontar

Senso

1. (transitive) to face, confront
2. (transitive) to abuse, insult
3. (pronominal) to take offense
4. (pronominal) to suffocate
5. (intransitive) to gasp, to pant

Pronunciato come (IPA)

[afɾonˈtaɾ]

Etimologia

From Old Galician-Portuguese afrontar, from a Vulgar Latin *affrontāre, from Latin ad frontem. Equivalent to a- + fronte + -ar.