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:

• 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.

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	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	afronte	afronta	afronte	afrontemos	afrontai	afrontem
Negative (não)	afronte	afrontes	afronte	afrontemos	afronteis	afrontem

Synonyms

• insultar, ultrajar, ofender

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Spanish

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)

infinitive			afrontar
gerund			afrontando
past participle			afrontado
		singular			plural
		1st person	2nd person	3rd person	1st person	2nd person	3rd person
indicative		yo	tú vos	él/ella 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 usted	nosotros nosotras	vosotros vosotras	ellos/ellas ustedes
	present	afronte	afrontestú afrontésvos1	afronte	afrontemos	afrontéis	afronten
	imperfect (ra)	afrontara	afrontaras	afrontara	afrontáramos	afrontarais	afrontaran
	imperfect (se)	afrontase	afrontases	afrontase	afrontásemos	afrontaseis	afrontasen
	future	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 Argentine and Uruguayan voseo prefers the tú form for the present subjunctive.