enfrentar

== Portuguese == === Etymology === From en- +‎ frente +‎ -ar. === Pronunciation === Hyphenation: en‧fren‧tar === Verb === enfrentar (first-person singular present enfrento, first-person singular preterite enfrentei, past participle enfrentado) to face, confront to encounter ==== Conjugation ==== ==== Derived terms ==== === Further reading === “enfrentar”, in Dicionário Aulete Digital (in Portuguese), Rio de Janeiro: Lexikon Editora Digital, 2008–2026 “enfrentar”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2026 == Spanish == === Etymology === From en- +‎ frente +‎ -ar. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /enfɾenˈtaɾ/ [ẽɱ.fɾẽn̪ˈt̪aɾ] Rhymes: -aɾ Syllabification: en‧fren‧tar === Verb === enfrentar (first-person singular present enfrento, first-person singular preterite enfrenté, past participle enfrentado) (transitive, reflexive) to confront, to face, to stand up to, (a person or force aggressively) (transitive, reflexive) to face, to confront, to address, to deal with, to meet, to tackle, to cope with, to handle, to contend, to contend with (e.g. reality, an issue, a problem) Enfrentémoslo... ― Let's face it... (transitive) to counter, to combat (e.g. a threat, terrorism, criminal activity) (transitive) to pit (two sides against each other) (reflexive) to take on, to face off, to face off against, to fight, to engage, to clash (e.g. take on somebody in a challenge) (+ a) (reflexive) to face, to be facing, to be dealing with, to be up against (+ a) ==== Conjugation ==== ==== Related terms ==== === Further reading === “enfrentar”, 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