confrontar

Catalan

Etymology

Learned borrowing from Medieval Latin cōnfrontāre.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): (Central) [kuɱ.fɾunˈta]
  • IPA(key): (Balearic) [koɱ.fɾonˈta]
  • IPA(key): (Valencian) [koɱ.fɾonˈtaɾ]
  • Rhymes: -a(ɾ)
  • Hyphenation: con‧fron‧tar
  • Homophone: confrontà (except Valencian)

Verb

confrontar (first-person singular present confronto, first-person singular preterite confrontí, past participle confrontat); root stress: (Central, Valencian, Balearic) /o/

  1. (transitive) to collate (compare two documents)
    Synonym: cotejar
  2. (intransitive) to agree, conform
  3. (intransitive) to be confronted (amb with)
    Synonym: afrontar

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Galician

Etymology

Learned borrowing from Medieval Latin cōnfrontāre.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /konfɾonˈtaɾ/ [koɱ.fɾon̪ˈt̪aɾ]
  • Rhymes: -aɾ
  • Hyphenation: con‧fron‧tar

Verb

confrontar (first-person singular present confronto, first-person singular preterite confrontei, past participle confrontado)

  1. to confront

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Portuguese

Etymology

Learned borrowing from Medieval Latin cōnfrontāre.

Pronunciation

 
  • (Brazil) IPA(key): /kõ.fɾõˈta(ʁ)/ [kõ.fɾõˈta(h)]
    • (São Paulo) IPA(key): /kõ.fɾõˈta(ɾ)/
    • (Rio de Janeiro) IPA(key): /kõ.fɾõˈta(ʁ)/ [kõ.fɾõˈta(χ)]
    • (Southern Brazil) IPA(key): /kõ.fɾõˈta(ɻ)/
 
  • (Portugal) IPA(key): /kõ.fɾõˈtaɾ/
    • (Southern Portugal) IPA(key): /kõ.fɾõˈta.ɾi/

  • Hyphenation: con‧fron‧tar

Verb

confrontar (first-person singular present confronto, first-person singular preterite confrontei, past participle confrontado)

  1. (transitive) to confront (to stand or meet facing, especially in competition, hostility or defiance)
    Synonym: enfrentar

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Spanish

Etymology

Learned borrowing from Medieval Latin cōnfrontāre.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /konfɾonˈtaɾ/ [kõɱ.fɾõn̪ˈt̪aɾ]
  • Rhymes: -aɾ
  • Syllabification: con‧fron‧tar

Verb

confrontar (first-person singular present confronto, first-person singular preterite confronté, past participle confrontado)

  1. to confront

Conjugation

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Venetian

Etymology

Learned borrowing from Medieval Latin cōnfrontāre.

Verb

confrontar

  1. (transitive) to compare, etc.
  2. (transitive) to confront

Conjugation

  • Venetian conjugation varies from one region to another. Hence, the following conjugation should be considered as typical, not as exhaustive.
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