enfrentamiento

Spanish

Etymology

From enfrentar +‎ -miento.

Noun

enfrentamiento m (plural enfrentamientos)

showdown, face-off, matchup, match-up, encounter
clash, confrontation, conflict, battle
(in the plural) fighting, strife, hostilities
addressing (e.g. of an issue or problem with an aggressive approach)
(colloquial) match

Hyponyms

enfrentamiento armado (“armed conflict; armed standoff”)

Further reading

“enfrentamiento”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014

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