confronto

See also: confrontó and confrontò

Catalan

Verb

confronto

1. first-person singular present indicative of confrontar

Galician

Verb

confronto

1. first-person singular present indicative of confrontar

Italian

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /konˈfron.to/
• Rhymes: -onto
• Hyphenation: con‧frón‧to

Etymology 1

Deverbal from confrontare +‎ -o.

Noun

confronto m (plural confronti)

1. comparison
2. confrontation
3. collation

Derived terms

• mettere a confronto (“to compare”)
• nei confronti di (“toward (someone)”)

Etymology 2

Verb

confronto

1. first-person singular present indicative of confrontare

Latin

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

Latin cōnfrontō

From con- + front- (“front, forehead”) + -ō (verb-forming suffix).

Verb

cōnfrontō (present infinitive cōnfrontāre, perfect active cōnfrontāvī, supine cōnfrontātum); first conjugation

1. (Medieval Latin) to confront

Conjugation

   Conjugation of cōnfrontō (first conjugation)

indicative		singular						plural
		first		second		third		first		second		third
active	present	cōnfrontō		cōnfrontās		cōnfrontat		cōnfrontāmus		cōnfrontātis		cōnfrontant
	imperfect	cōnfrontābam		cōnfrontābās		cōnfrontābat		cōnfrontābāmus		cōnfrontābātis		cōnfrontābant
	future	cōnfrontābō		cōnfrontābis		cōnfrontābit		cōnfrontābimus		cōnfrontābitis		cōnfrontābunt
	perfect	cōnfrontāvī		cōnfrontāvistī		cōnfrontāvit		cōnfrontāvimus		cōnfrontāvistis		cōnfrontāvērunt, cōnfrontāvēre
	pluperfect	cōnfrontāveram		cōnfrontāverās		cōnfrontāverat		cōnfrontāverāmus		cōnfrontāverātis		cōnfrontāverant
	future perfect	cōnfrontāverō		cōnfrontāveris		cōnfrontāverit		cōnfrontāverimus		cōnfrontāveritis		cōnfrontāverint
passive	present	cōnfrontor		cōnfrontāris, cōnfrontāre		cōnfrontātur		cōnfrontāmur		cōnfrontāminī		cōnfrontantur
	imperfect	cōnfrontābar		cōnfrontābāris, cōnfrontābāre		cōnfrontābātur		cōnfrontābāmur		cōnfrontābāminī		cōnfrontābantur
	future	cōnfrontābor		cōnfrontāberis, cōnfrontābere		cōnfrontābitur		cōnfrontābimur		cōnfrontābiminī		cōnfrontābuntur
	perfect	cōnfrontātus + present active indicative of sum
	pluperfect	cōnfrontātus + imperfect active indicative of sum
	future perfect	cōnfrontātus + future active indicative of sum
subjunctive		singular						plural
		first		second		third		first		second		third
active	present	cōnfrontem		cōnfrontēs		cōnfrontet		cōnfrontēmus		cōnfrontētis		cōnfrontent
	imperfect	cōnfrontārem		cōnfrontārēs		cōnfrontāret		cōnfrontārēmus		cōnfrontārētis		cōnfrontārent
	perfect	cōnfrontāverim		cōnfrontāverīs		cōnfrontāverit		cōnfrontāverīmus		cōnfrontāverītis		cōnfrontāverint
	pluperfect	cōnfrontāvissem		cōnfrontāvissēs		cōnfrontāvisset		cōnfrontāvissēmus		cōnfrontāvissētis		cōnfrontāvissent
passive	present	cōnfronter		cōnfrontēris, cōnfrontēre		cōnfrontētur		cōnfrontēmur		cōnfrontēminī		cōnfrontentur
	imperfect	cōnfrontārer		cōnfrontārēris, cōnfrontārēre		cōnfrontārētur		cōnfrontārēmur		cōnfrontārēminī		cōnfrontārentur
	perfect	cōnfrontātus + present active subjunctive of sum
	pluperfect	cōnfrontātus + imperfect active subjunctive of sum
imperative		singular						plural
		first		second		third		first		second		third
active	present	—		cōnfrontā		—		—		cōnfrontāte		—
	future	—		cōnfrontātō		cōnfrontātō		—		cōnfrontātōte		cōnfrontantō
passive	present	—		cōnfrontāre		—		—		cōnfrontāminī		—
	future	—		cōnfrontātor		cōnfrontātor		—		—		cōnfrontantor
non-finite forms		infinitive						participle
		active			passive			active			passive
present		cōnfrontāre			cōnfrontārī			cōnfrontāns			—
future		cōnfrontātūrum esse			cōnfrontātum īrī			cōnfrontātūrus			cōnfrontandus
perfect		cōnfrontāvisse			cōnfrontātum esse			—			cōnfrontātus
future perfect		—			cōnfrontātum fore			—			—
perfect potential		cōnfrontātūrum fuisse			—			—			—
verbal nouns		gerund								supine
		genitive		dative		accusative		ablative		accusative		ablative
		cōnfrontandī		cōnfrontandō		cōnfrontandum		cōnfrontandō		cōnfrontātum		cōnfrontātū

Descendants

• → Catalan: confrontar
• → Middle French: confronter
  • French: confronter
  • → English: confront
• → Galician: confrontar
• → Italian: confrontare
• → Portuguese: confrontar
• → Romanian: confrunta
• → Spanish: confrontar
• → Venetan: confrontar

References

• Alcover, Antoni Maria; Moll, Francesc de Borja (1963), “confrontar”, in Diccionari català-valencià-balear (in Catalan)
• “confrontare”, in Vocabolario Treccani on line (in Italian), Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana, 2026
• “confronter”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012

Portuguese

Pronunciation

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /kõˈfɾõ.tu/

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /kõˈfɾõ.tu/

Etymology 1

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 confrontardeverb.

Portuguese confronto

Deverbal from confrontar.

Noun

confronto m (plural confrontos)

1. confrontation (a hostile meeting)
2. confrontation (a conflict between armed forces)

Related terms

• frontal

Etymology 2

Verb

confronto

1. first-person singular present indicative of confrontar

Further reading

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

Spanish

Verb

confronto

1. first-person singular present indicative of confrontar