afrontar

Portuguese

Etymology

a- +‎ fronte +‎ -ar.

Pronunciation

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /ɐ.fɾõ.ˈtaɾ/
• Hyphenation: a‧fron‧tar

Verb

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

1. (transitive) abuse (to insult)
2. to confront
3. to face
4. to cause sickness

Conjugation

  Conjugation of the Portuguese -ar verb afrontar

Notes:[edit] This is a regular verb of the -ar group. Verbs with this conjugation include: amar, cantar, gritar, marchar, mostrar, nadar, parar, participar, retirar, separar, viajar.
	Singular			Plural
	First-person (eu)	Second-person (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	afrontais	afrontam
Imperfect	afrontava	afrontavas	afrontava	afrontávamos	afrontáveis	afrontavam
Preterite	afrontei	afrontaste	afrontou	afrontamos afrontámos	afrontastes	afrontaram
Pluperfect	afrontara	afrontaras	afrontara	afrontáramos	afrontáreis	afrontaram
Future	afrontarei	afrontarás	afrontará	afrontaremos	afrontareis	afrontarão
Conditional
	afrontaria	afrontarias	afrontaria	afrontaríamos	afrontaríeis	afrontariam
Subjunctive
Present	afronte	afrontes	afronte	afrontemos	afronteis	afrontem
Imperfect	afrontasse	afrontasses	afrontasse	afrontássemos	afrontásseis	afrontassem
Future	afrontar	afrontares	afrontar	afrontarmos	afrontardes	afrontarem
Imperative
Affirmative	-	afronta	afronte	afrontemos	afrontai	afrontem
Negative (não)	-	afrontes	afronte	afrontemos	afronteis	afrontem

Quotations

For quotations of use of this term, see Citations:afrontar.

Synonyms

• insultar, ultrajar, ofender

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Spanish

Etymology

From Vulgar Latin *affrontāre, from Latin frōns.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /afɾonˈtaɾ/, [afɾõn̪ˈt̪aɾ]

Verb

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

1. to confront
2. to defy
3. to face

Conjugation

    Conjugation of afrontar (See Appendix:Spanish verbs)^{edit data}

infinitive			afrontar
gerund			afrontando
past participle				masculine		feminine
		singular		afrontado		afrontada
		plural		afrontados		afrontadas
		singular			plural
		1st person	2nd person	3rd person	1st person	2nd person	3rd person
indicative		yo	tú vos	él/ella/ello usted	nosotros nosotras	vosotros vosotras	ellos/ellas ustedes
	present	afronto	afrontastú afrontásvos	afronta	afrontamos	afrontáis	afrontan
	imperfect	afrontaba	afrontabas	afrontaba	afrontábamos	afrontabais	afrontaban
	preterite	afronté	afrontaste	afrontó	afrontamos	afrontasteis	afrontaron
	future	afrontaré	afrontarás	afrontará	afrontaremos	afrontaréis	afrontarán
	conditional	afrontaría	afrontarías	afrontaría	afrontaríamos	afrontaríais	afrontarían
subjunctive		yo	tú vos	él/ella/ello usted	nosotros nosotras	vosotros vosotras	ellos/ellas ustedes
	present	afronte	afrontestú afrontésvos2	afronte	afrontemos	afrontéis	afronten
	imperfect (ra)	afrontara	afrontaras	afrontara	afrontáramos	afrontarais	afrontaran
	imperfect (se)	afrontase	afrontases	afrontase	afrontásemos	afrontaseis	afrontasen
	future1	afrontare	afrontares	afrontare	afrontáremos	afrontareis	afrontaren
imperative		—	tú vos	usted	nosotros nosotras	vosotros vosotras	ustedes
	affirmative		afrontatú afrontávos	afronte	afrontemos	afrontad	afronten
	negative		no afrontes	no afronte	no afrontemos	no afrontéis	no afronten

• ¹ Mostly obsolete form, now mainly used in legal jargon.
• ² Argentine and Uruguayan voseo prefers the tú form for the present subjunctive.

    Selected combined forms of afrontar^{edit data}

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 imperative afronta
	dative	afróntame	afróntate	afróntale	afróntanos	not used	afróntales
	accusative	afróntame	afróntate	afróntalo, afróntala	afróntanos	not used	afróntalos, afróntalas
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

Derived terms

• afrontamiento

Related terms

• afrentar
• enfrentar
• frente

Further reading

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