confrontar
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== Catalan ==
=== Etymology ===
Learned borrowing from Medieval Latin cōnfrontāre.
=== Pronunciation ===
IPA(key): (Northern, Central) [kuɱ.fɾunˈta]
IPA(key): (Balearic, Northwestern) [koɱ.fɾonˈta]
IPA(key): (Valencia) [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: (Northern) /u/; (Balearic, Central, Northwestern, Valencia) /o/
(transitive) to collate (compare two documents)
Synonym: cotejar
(intransitive) to agree, conform
(intransitive) to be confronted (amb with)
Synonym: afrontar
==== Conjugation ====
==== Derived terms ====
=== Further reading ===
“confrontar”, in Diccionari de la llengua catalana [Dictionary of the Catalan Language] (in Catalan), second edition, Institute of Catalan Studies [Catalan: Institut d'Estudis Catalans], April 2007
“confrontar”, in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana, 2026
“confrontar” in Diccionari normatiu valencià, Acadèmia Valenciana de la Llengua.
Alcover, Antoni Maria; Moll, Francesc de Borja (1963), “confrontar”, in Diccionari català-valencià-balear (in Catalan)
== 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)
to confront
==== Conjugation ====
==== Derived terms ====
confrontación
=== Further reading ===
“confrontar”, in Dicionario da Real Academia Galega (in Galician), A Coruña: Royal Galician Academy, 2012–2026
“confrontar”, in Dicionário Estraviz de galego (in Galician), 2014–2026
== Portuguese ==
=== Etymology ===
Learned borrowing from Medieval Latin cōnfrontāre.
=== Pronunciation ===
Hyphenation: con‧fron‧tar
=== Verb ===
confrontar (first-person singular present confronto, first-person singular preterite confrontei, past participle confrontado)
(transitive) to confront (to stand or meet facing, especially in competition, hostility or defiance)
Synonym: enfrentar
==== Conjugation ====
==== Related terms ====
frontal
=== Further reading ===
“confrontar”, in Dicionário Aulete Digital (in Portuguese), Rio de Janeiro: Lexikon Editora Digital, 2008–2026
“confrontar”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2026
== 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)
to confront
==== Conjugation ====
==== Derived terms ====
=== Further reading ===
“confrontar”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8.1, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 15 December 2025
“confrontar”, in Diccionario de americanismos [Dictionary of Americanisms] (in Spanish), Association of Academies of the Spanish Language [Spanish: Asociación de Academias de la Lengua Española], 2010
== Venetan ==
=== Etymology ===
Learned borrowing from Medieval Latin cōnfrontāre.
=== Verb ===
confrontar
(transitive) to compare, etc.
(transitive) to confront
==== Conjugation ====
* Venetan conjugation varies from one region to another. Hence, the following conjugation should be considered as typical, not as exhaustive.
==== Related terms ====
confrontarse