afrontar
Meaning
- (transitive) to face, confront
- (transitive) to abuse, insult
- (pronominal) to take offense
- (pronominal) to suffocate
- (intransitive) to gasp, to pant
Frequency
Pronounced as (IPA)
[afɾonˈtaɾ]
Etymology
From Old Galician-Portuguese afrontar, from a Vulgar Latin *affrontāre, from Latin ad frontem. Equivalent to a- + fronte + -ar.
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