desafiar

Meaning

  1. to challenge. to defy
  2. to dare

Frequency

C1
Hyphenated as
de‧sa‧fi‧ar
Pronounced as (IPA)
/de.za.fiˈa(ʁ)/
Etymology

From des- + afiar, from Vulgar Latin *afidāre (“to trust”). Compare English defy.

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