confrontar

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]

• Audio (Barcelona):

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• 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/

1. (transitive) to collate (compare two documents)

   Synonym: cotejar

2. (intransitive) to agree, conform
3. (intransitive) to be confronted (amb with)

   Synonym: afrontar

Conjugation

    Central Catalan conjugation of confrontar (first conjugation)

infinitive			confrontar
gerund			confrontant
past participle				masculine		feminine
		singular		confrontat		confrontada
		plural		confrontats		confrontades
person		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
indicative		jo	tu	ell/ella vostè	nosaltres nós	vosaltres vós	ells/elles vostès
	present	confronto	confrontes	confronta	confrontem	confronteu	confronten
	imperfect	confrontava	confrontaves	confrontava	confrontàvem	confrontàveu	confrontaven
	future	confrontaré	confrontaràs	confrontarà	confrontarem	confrontareu	confrontaran
	preterite	confrontí	confrontares	confrontà	confrontàrem	confrontàreu	confrontaren
	conditional	confrontaria	confrontaries	confrontaria	confrontaríem	confrontaríeu	confrontarien
subjunctive		jo	tu	ell/ella vostè	nosaltres nós	vosaltres vós	ells/elles vostès
	present	confronti	confrontis	confronti	confrontem	confronteu	confrontin
	imperfect	confrontés	confrontessis	confrontés	confrontéssim	confrontéssiu	confrontessin
imperative		—	tu	vostè	nosaltres	vosaltres vós	vostès
	affirmative	—	confronta	confronti	confrontem	confronteu	confrontin
	negative (no)	—	no confrontis	no confronti	no confrontem	no confronteu	no confrontin

Derived terms

• confront
• confrontable
• confrontació
• confrontament
• confrontant

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

Etymology tree

Proto-Indo-European *ḱe?

Proto-Indo-European *ḱóm

Proto-Italic *kom

Proto-Italic *kom-

Latin con-

Latin front-

Proto-Indo-European *-h₂

Proto-Indo-European *-éh₂

Proto-Indo-European *-yéti

Proto-Indo-European *-eh₂yéti

Proto-Indo-European *-h₂tiinflu.

Proto-Italic *-ājō

Proto-Italic *-āō

Latin -ō

Medieval Latin cōnfrontārelbor.

Galician confrontar

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)

1. to confront

Conjugation

    Conjugation of confrontar

	Singular			Plural
	First-person (eu)	Second-person (ti)	Third-person (el / ela / Vde.)	First-person (nós)	Second-person (vós)	Third-person (eles / elas / Vdes.)
Infinitive
Impersonal	confrontar
Personal	confrontar	confrontares	confrontar	confrontarmos	confrontardes	confrontaren
Gerund
	confrontando
Past participle
Masculine	confrontado			confrontados
Feminine	confrontada			confrontadas
Indicative
Present	confronto	confrontas	confronta	confrontamos	confrontades	confrontan
Imperfect	confrontaba	confrontabas	confrontaba	confrontabamos	confrontabades	confrontaban
Preterite	confrontei	confrontaches	confrontou	confrontamos	confrontastes	confrontaron
Pluperfect	confrontara	confrontaras	confrontara	confrontaramos	confrontarades	confrontaran
Future	confrontarei	confrontarás	confrontará	confrontaremos	confrontaredes	confrontarán
Conditional	confrontaría	confrontarías	confrontaría	confrontariamos	confrontariades	confrontarían
Subjunctive
Present	confronte	confrontes	confronte	confrontemos	confrontedes	confronten
Imperfect	confrontase	confrontases	confrontase	confrontásemos	confrontásedes	confrontasen
Future	confrontar	confrontares	confrontar	confrontarmos	confrontardes	confrontaren
Imperative
Affirmative		confronta	confronte	confrontemos	confrontade	confronten
Negative (non)		non confrontes	non confronte	non confrontemos	non confrontedes	non confronten

    Reintegrated conjugation of confrontar (See Appendix:Reintegrationism)

	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	confrontar
Personal	confrontar	confrontares	confrontar	confrontarmos	confrontardes	confrontarem
Gerund
	confrontando
Past participle
Masculine	confrontado			confrontados
Feminine	confrontada			confrontadas
Indicative
Present	confronto	confrontas	confronta	confrontamos	confrontades, confrontais	confrontam
Imperfect	confrontava	confrontavas	confrontava	confrontávamos	confrontávades, confrontáveis, confrontávais1	confrontavam
Preterite	confrontei	confrontaste, confrontache1	confrontou	confrontamos	confrontastes	confrontárom, confrontaram
Pluperfect	confrontara	confrontaras	confrontara	confrontáramos	confrontárades, confrontáreis, confrontárais1	confrontaram
Future	confrontarei	confrontarás	confrontará	confrontaremos	confrontaredes, confrontareis	confrontarám, confrontarão
Conditional	confrontaria	confrontarias	confrontaria	confrontaríamos	confrontaríades, confrontaríeis, confrontaríais1	confrontariam
Subjunctive
Present	confronte	confrontes	confronte	confrontemos	confrontedes, confronteis	confrontem
Imperfect	confrontasse	confrontasses	confrontasse	confrontássemos	confrontássedes, confrontásseis	confrontassem
Future	confrontar	confrontares	confrontar	confrontarmos	confrontardes	confrontarem
Imperative
Affirmative		confronta	confronte	confrontemos	confrontade, confrontai	confrontem
Negative (nom)		nom confrontes	nom confronte	nom confrontemos	nom confrontedes, nom confronteis	nom confrontem

¹Less recommended.

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

Etymology tree

Proto-Indo-European *ḱe?

Proto-Indo-European *ḱóm

Proto-Italic *kom

Proto-Italic *kom-

Latin con-

Latin front-

Proto-Indo-European *-h₂

Proto-Indo-European *-éh₂

Proto-Indo-European *-yéti

Proto-Indo-European *-eh₂yéti

Proto-Indo-European *-h₂tiinflu.

Proto-Italic *-ājō

Proto-Italic *-āō

Latin -ō

Medieval Latin cōnfrontārelbor.

Portuguese confrontar

Learned borrowing from Medieval Latin cōnfrontāre.

Pronunciation

 

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

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

 

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /kõ.fɾõˈtaɾ/

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /kõ.fɾõˈtaɾ/
  • (Southern Portugal) IPA^(key): /kõ.fɾõˈta.ɾi/

• Hyphenation: con‧fron‧tar

Verb

confrontar (first-person singular present confronto, first-person singular preterite confrontei, past participle confrontado)

1. (transitive) to confront (to stand or meet facing, especially in competition, hostility or defiance)

   Synonym: enfrentar

Conjugation

    Conjugation of confrontar (See Appendix:Portuguese verbs)

	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	confrontar
Personal	confrontar	confrontares	confrontar	confrontarmos	confrontardes	confrontarem
Gerund
	confrontando
Past participle
Masculine	confrontado			confrontados
Feminine	confrontada			confrontadas
Indicative
Present	confronto	confrontas	confronta	confrontamos	confrontais	confrontam
Imperfect	confrontava	confrontavas	confrontava	confrontávamos	confrontáveis	confrontavam
Preterite	confrontei	confrontaste	confrontou	confrontamos1, confrontámos2	confrontastes	confrontaram
Pluperfect	confrontara	confrontaras	confrontara	confrontáramos	confrontáreis	confrontaram
Future	confrontarei	confrontarás	confrontará	confrontaremos	confrontareis	confrontarão
Conditional	confrontaria	confrontarias	confrontaria	confrontaríamos	confrontaríeis	confrontariam
Subjunctive
Present	confronte	confrontes	confronte	confrontemos	confronteis	confrontem
Imperfect	confrontasse	confrontasses	confrontasse	confrontássemos	confrontásseis	confrontassem
Future	confrontar	confrontares	confrontar	confrontarmos	confrontardes	confrontarem
Imperative
Affirmative		confronta	confronte	confrontemos	confrontai	confrontem
Negative (não)		não confrontes	não confronte	não confrontemos	não confronteis	não confrontem

¹Brazilian Portuguese.
²European Portuguese.

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

Etymology tree

Proto-Indo-European *ḱe?

Proto-Indo-European *ḱóm

Proto-Italic *kom

Proto-Italic *kom-

Latin con-

Latin front-

Proto-Indo-European *-h₂

Proto-Indo-European *-éh₂

Proto-Indo-European *-yéti

Proto-Indo-European *-eh₂yéti

Proto-Indo-European *-h₂tiinflu.

Proto-Italic *-ājō

Proto-Italic *-āō

Latin -ō

Medieval Latin cōnfrontārelbor.

Spanish confrontar

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)

1. to confront

Conjugation

    Conjugation of confrontar (See Appendix:Spanish verbs)

infinitive			confrontar
gerund			confrontando
past participle				masculine		feminine
		singular		confrontado		confrontada
		plural		confrontados		confrontadas
		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	confronto	confrontastú confrontásvos	confronta	confrontamos	confrontáis	confrontan
	imperfect	confrontaba	confrontabas	confrontaba	confrontábamos	confrontabais	confrontaban
	preterite	confronté	confrontaste	confrontó	confrontamos	confrontasteis	confrontaron
	future	confrontaré	confrontarás	confrontará	confrontaremos	confrontaréis	confrontarán
	conditional	confrontaría	confrontarías	confrontaría	confrontaríamos	confrontaríais	confrontarían
subjunctive		yo	tú vos	él/ella/ello usted	nosotros nosotras	vosotros vosotras	ellos/ellas ustedes
	present	confronte	confrontestú confrontésvos2	confronte	confrontemos	confrontéis	confronten
	imperfect (ra)	confrontara	confrontaras	confrontara	confrontáramos	confrontarais	confrontaran
	imperfect (se)	confrontase	confrontases	confrontase	confrontásemos	confrontaseis	confrontasen
	future1	confrontare	confrontares	confrontare	confrontáremos	confrontareis	confrontaren
imperative		—	tú vos	usted	nosotros nosotras	vosotros vosotras	ustedes
	affirmative		confrontatú confrontávos	confronte	confrontemos	confrontad	confronten
	negative		no confrontes	no confronte	no confrontemos	no confrontéis	no confronten

¹Rare; now chiefly used in legal language.
²Argentine and Uruguayan voseo prefers the tuteo-form for the present subjunctive.

    Selected combined forms of confrontar

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 confrontar	dative	confrontarme	confrontarte	confrontarle, confrontarse	confrontarnos	confrontaros	confrontarles, confrontarse
	accusative	confrontarme	confrontarte	confrontarlo, confrontarla, confrontarse	confrontarnos	confrontaros	confrontarlos, confrontarlas, confrontarse
with gerund confrontando	dative	confrontándome	confrontándote	confrontándole, confrontándose	confrontándonos	confrontándoos	confrontándoles, confrontándose
	accusative	confrontándome	confrontándote	confrontándolo, confrontándola, confrontándose	confrontándonos	confrontándoos	confrontándolos, confrontándolas, confrontándose
with informal second-person singular tuteo imperative confronta	dative	confróntame	confróntate	confróntale	confróntanos	not used	confróntales
	accusative	confróntame	confróntate	confróntalo, confróntala	confróntanos	not used	confróntalos, confróntalas
with informal second-person singular voseo imperative confrontá	dative	confrontame	confrontate	confrontale	confrontanos	not used	confrontales
	accusative	confrontame	confrontate	confrontalo, confrontala	confrontanos	not used	confrontalos, confrontalas
with formal second-person singular imperative confronte	dative	confrónteme	not used	confróntele, confróntese	confróntenos	not used	confrónteles
	accusative	confrónteme	not used	confróntelo, confróntela, confróntese	confróntenos	not used	confróntelos, confróntelas
with first-person plural imperative confrontemos	dative	not used	confrontémoste	confrontémosle	confrontémonos	confrontémoos	confrontémosles
	accusative	not used	confrontémoste	confrontémoslo, confrontémosla	confrontémonos	confrontémoos	confrontémoslos, confrontémoslas
with informal second-person plural imperative confrontad	dative	confrontadme	not used	confrontadle	confrontadnos	confrontaos	confrontadles
	accusative	confrontadme	not used	confrontadlo, confrontadla	confrontadnos	confrontaos	confrontadlos, confrontadlas
with formal second-person plural imperative confronten	dative	confróntenme	not used	confróntenle	confróntennos	not used	confróntenles, confróntense
	accusative	confróntenme	not used	confróntenlo, confróntenla	confróntennos	not used	confróntenlos, confróntenlas, confróntense

Derived terms

• confrontación

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

1. (transitive) to compare, etc.
2. (transitive) to confront

Conjugation

* Venetan conjugation varies from one region to another. Hence, the following conjugation should be considered as typical, not as exhaustive.

Conjugation of confrontar (first conjugation)

infinitive	confrontar
auxiliary verb		aver	gerund		confrontando
past participle		confrontà
person	singular			plural
	first	second	third	first	second	third
indicative	mi	ti	eło / eła	noialtri / noialtre	voialtri / voialtre	łuri / łore
present	confronto	(te) confronti, (te) cunfrunti	(el/ła) confronta	confrontémo, confrontòn	confronté	(i/łe) confronta
imperfect	confrontava	(te) confrontavi	(el/ła) confrontava	confrontàvimo	confrontavi	(i/łe) confrontava
future	confrontarò	(te) confrontarè	(el/ła) confrontarà	confrontarémo	confrontarè	(i/łe) confrontarà
conditional	confrontarìa	(te) confrontarisi	(el/ła) confrontarìa	confrontarìsimo	confrontarisi	(i/łe) confrontarìa
subjunctive	che mi	che ti	che eło / eła	che noialtri / noialtre	che voialtri / voialtre	che łuri / łore
present	confronte, confronta	(te) confronti	(el/ła) confronte, (el/ła) confronta	confrontémo, confrontone	confronté	(i/łe) confronte, (i/łe) confronta
imperfect	confrontase	(te) confrontasi	(el/ła) confrontase	confrontàsimo	confrontasi	(i/łe) confrontase
imperative	—	ti	eło / eła	noialtri / noialtre	voialtri / voialtre	łuri / łore
	—	(te) confronta	(el/ła) confronta, (el/ła) confronte	confrontémo	confronté	(i/łe) confronta, (i/łe) confronte

Related terms

• confrontarse