Meaning
- (transitive) to face, address, tackle, meet, deal with, confront, cope with, handle, bear, manage, (e.g. reality, an issue, a situation, a problem)
- to defy, to brave
- to afford, to bear (e.g. a cost, a loss)
Concepts
Synonyms
atrever
enfrentarse a
amachinar
Translations
Frequency
Hyphenated as
a‧fron‧tar
Pronounced as (IPA)
/afɾonˈtaɾ/
Etymology
Inherited from Vulgar Latin *affrontāre, derived from Latin ad- + frontem. Doublet of afrentar. The expected diphthongization of Latin stressed /ŏ/ is attested in medieval conjugations such as afruenta.
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