afrontar

Meaning

1. (transitive) to face, address, tackle, meet, deal with, confront, cope with, handle, bear, manage, (e.g. reality, an issue, a situation, a problem)
2. to defy, to brave
3. to afford, to bear (e.g. a cost, a loss)

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.

Sentences

Nunca más tuvo que afrontar una revuelta contra El Cairo .

He never again had to face a revolt against Cairo.