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Inherited from Vulgar Latin *affrontāre, from Latin ad frontem.

• IPA(key): (Central) [ə.fɾunˈta]
• IPA(key): (Balearic) [ə.fɾonˈta]
• IPA(key): (Valencia) [a.fɾonˈtaɾ]
• Rhymes: -a(ɾ)

afrontar (first-person singular present afronto, first-person singular preterite afrontí, past participle afrontat); root stress: (Central, Valencia, Balearic) /o/

1. (transitive) to face, to confront
   Synonym: fer front

• afront
• front
• “afrontar”, 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
• “afrontar”, in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana, 2026
• “afrontar” in Diccionari normatiu valencià, Acadèmia Valenciana de la Llengua.
• Alcover, Antoni Maria; Moll, Francesc de Borja (1963), “afrontar”, in Diccionari català-valencià-balear (in Catalan)

From Old Galician-Portuguese afrontar, from a Vulgar Latin *affrontāre, from Latin ad frontem. Equivalent to a- +‎ fronte +‎ -ar.

• IPA(key): [afɾonˈtaɾ]

afrontar (first-person singular present afronto, first-person singular preterite afrontei, past participle afrontado)

1. (transitive) to face, confront
   Synonyms: arrostrar, encarar
2. (transitive) to abuse, insult
   Synonyms: deostar, insultar
3. (pronominal) to take offense
   Synonyms: anoxar, ofender
   • 1697, José Gil Taboada, Grande loita de luceiros:
     Señora may (os luceyros
     Din) vostede s'afrontou
     Sen causa, porque esta loyta
     Ll'a de dar mais relumbros.
     Lady mother -the luminaries
     Say- your grace took offense
     With no motive, because this fight
     Will give you more shine
4. (pronominal) to suffocate
   Synonyms: acorar, afogar, atafegar
5. (intransitive) to gasp, to pant
   Synonyms: ampear, arfar, inar

| | Singular | Plural | | | | | | | ------------------------------------------------------- | ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ | ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- | ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ | ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- | ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- | -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- | | First-person(eu) | Second-person(ti / tu) | Third-person(ele / ela / você) | First-person(nós) | Second-person(vós) | Third-person(eles / elas / vocês) | | | Infinitive | | | | | | | | Impersonal | afrontar | | | | | | | Personal | afrontar | afrontares | afrontar | afrontarmos | afrontardes | afrontarem | | Gerund | | | | | | | | | afrontando | | | | | | | | Past participle | | | | | | | | Masculine | afrontado | afrontados | | | | | | Feminine | afrontada | afrontadas | | | | | | Indicative | | | | | | | | Present | afronto | afrontas | afronta | afrontamos | afrontades, afrontais | afrontam | | Imperfect | afrontava | afrontavas | afrontava | afrontávamos | afrontávades, afrontáveis, _afrontávais_1 | afrontavam | | Preterite | afrontei | afrontaste, _afrontache_1 | afrontou | afrontamos | afrontastes | afrontárom, afrontaram | | Pluperfect | afrontara | afrontaras | afrontara | afrontáramos | afrontárades, afrontáreis, _afrontárais_1 | afrontaram | | Future | afrontarei | afrontarás | afrontará | afrontaremos | afrontaredes, afrontareis | afrontarám, afrontarão | | Conditional | afrontaria | afrontarias | afrontaria | afrontaríamos | afrontaríades, afrontaríeis, afrontaríais1 | afrontariam | | Subjunctive | | | | | | | | Present | afronte | afrontes | afronte | afrontemos | afrontedes, afronteis | afrontem | | Imperfect | afrontasse | afrontasses | afrontasse | afrontássemos | afrontássedes, afrontásseis | afrontassem | | Future | afrontar | afrontares | afrontar | afrontarmos | afrontardes | afrontarem | | Imperative | | | | | | | | Affirmative | | afronta | afronte | afrontemos | afrontade, afrontai | afrontem | | Negative (nom) | nom afrontes | nom afronte | nom afrontemos | nom afrontedes, nom afronteis | nom afrontem | |

• afronta
• Seoane, Ernesto Xosé González; Granja, María Álvarez de la; Agrelo, Ana Isabel Boullón (2006–2022), “afrontar”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios do galego medieval [Dictionary of dictionaries of Medieval Galician] (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• Barreiro, Xavier Varela; Guinovart, Xavier Gómez (2006–2018), “afrontar”, in Corpus Xelmírez: corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval [Corpus Xelmírez: linguistic corpus of Medieval Galicia] (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, editor (2006–2013), “afrontar”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega [Dictionary of Dictionaries of the Galician language] (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, Ernesto Xosé González Seoane, María Álvarez de la Granja, editors (2003–2018), “afrontar”, in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• “afrontar”, in Dicionário Estraviz de galego (in Galician), 2014–2026
• Rosario Álvarez Blanco, editor (2014–2024), “afrontar”, in Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega, →ISSN

Attested from the 12th century.[1] From Old Occitan [Term?], from a Vulgar Latin *affrontāre, from Latin ad frontem.

afrontar

1. to face, to confront

2. ^ Diccionari General de la Lenga Occitana‎[1], L’Academia occitana – Consistòri del Gai Saber, 2008-2025, page 22

From Old Galician-Portuguese [Term?], from a Vulgar Latin *affrontāre, from Latin ad frontem. By surface analysis, a- +‎ fronte +‎ -ar.

• (Brazil) IPA(key): /a.fɾõˈta(ʁ)/ [a.fɾõˈta(h)]

• (Brazil) IPA(key): /a.fɾõˈta(ʁ)/ [a.fɾõˈta(h)]

  • (São Paulo) IPA(key): /a.fɾõˈta(ɾ)/
  • (Rio de Janeiro) IPA(key): /a.fɾõˈta(ʁ)/ [a.fɾõˈta(χ)]
  • (Caipira) IPA(key): /a.fɾõˈta(ɻ)/

• (Portugal) IPA(key): /ɐ.fɾõˈtaɾ/

• (Portugal) IPA(key): /ɐ.fɾõˈtaɾ/

  • (Southern Portugal) IPA(key): /ɐ.fɾõˈta.ɾi/

• Hyphenation: a‧fron‧tar

afrontar (first-person singular present afronto, first-person singular preterite afrontei, past participle afrontado)

1. (transitive) abuse (to insult)
   Synonyms: insultar, ultrajar, ofender
2. to confront
3. to face
4. to cause sickness

• “afrontar”, in Dicionário Aulete Digital (in Portuguese), Rio de Janeiro: Lexikon Editora Digital, 2008–2026
• “afrontar”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2026

Inherited from Vulgar Latin *affrontāre, derived from Latin ad- + frontem. Doublet of afrentar. The expected diphthongization of Latin stressed /ŏ/ is attested in medieval conjugations such as afruenta.

• IPA(key): /afɾonˈtaɾ/ [a.fɾõn̪ˈt̪aɾ]
• Rhymes: -aɾ
• Syllabification: a‧fron‧tar

afrontar (first-person singular present afronto, first-person singular preterite afronté, past participle afrontado)

1. (transitive) to face, address, tackle, meet, deal with, confront, cope with, handle, bear, manage, (e.g. reality, an issue, a situation, a problem)
   Afrontémoslo... ― Let's face it...
2. to defy, to brave
3. to afford, to bear (e.g. a cost, a loss)

Selected combined forms of afrontar

These forms are generated automatically and may not actually be used. Pronoun usage varies by region.

| | singular | plural | | | | | | | | -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- | --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- | --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- | ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- | -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- | --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- | ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- | ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- | | 1st person | 2nd person | 3rd person | 1st person | 2nd person | 3rd person | | | | with infinitive afrontar | dative | afrontarme | afrontarte | afrontarle, afrontarse | afrontarnos | afrontaros | afrontarles, afrontarse | | accusative | afrontarme | afrontarte | afrontarlo, afrontarla, afrontarse | afrontarnos | afrontaros | afrontarlos, afrontarlas, afrontarse | | | | | | | | | | | | with gerund afrontando | dative | afrontándome | afrontándote | afrontándole, afrontándose | afrontándonos | afrontándoos | afrontándoles, afrontándose | | accusative | afrontándome | afrontándote | afrontándolo, afrontándola, afrontándose | afrontándonos | afrontándoos | afrontándolos, afrontándolas, afrontándose | | | | | | | | | | | | with informal second-person singular tuteo imperative afronta | dative | afróntame | afróntate | afróntale | afróntanos | not used | afróntales | | accusative | afróntame | afróntate | afróntalo, afróntala | afróntanos | not used | afróntalos, afróntalas | | | | | | | | | | | | with informal second-person singular voseo imperative afrontá | dative | afrontame | afrontate | afrontale | afrontanos | not used | afrontales | | accusative | afrontame | afrontate | afrontalo, afrontala | afrontanos | not used | afrontalos, afrontalas | | | | | | | | | | | | with formal second-person singular imperative afronte | dative | afrónteme | not used | afróntele, afróntese | afróntenos | not used | afrónteles | | accusative | afrónteme | not used | afróntelo, afróntela, afróntese | afróntenos | not used | afróntelos, afróntelas | | | | | | | | | | | | with first-person plural imperative afrontemos | dative | not used | afrontémoste | afrontémosle | afrontémonos | afrontémoos | afrontémosles | | accusative | not used | afrontémoste | afrontémoslo, afrontémosla | afrontémonos | afrontémoos | afrontémoslos, afrontémoslas | | | | | | | | | | | | with informal second-person plural imperative afrontad | dative | afrontadme | not used | afrontadle | afrontadnos | afrontaos | afrontadles | | accusative | afrontadme | not used | afrontadlo, afrontadla | afrontadnos | afrontaos | afrontadlos, afrontadlas | | | | | | | | | | | | with formal second-person plural imperative afronten | dative | afróntenme | not used | afróntenle | afróntennos | not used | afróntenles, afróntense | | accusative | afróntenme | not used | afróntenlo, afróntenla | afróntennos | not used | afróntenlos, afróntenlas, afróntense | |

• afrontamiento

• afrentar

• enfrentar

• frente

• Coromines, Joan; Pascual, José Antonio (1984), “frente”, in Diccionario crítico etimológico castellano e hispánico [Critical Castilian and Hispanic etymological dictionary]‎[2] (in Spanish), volume II (Ce–F), Madrid: Gredos, →ISBN, page 954

• “afrontar”, 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