enfrentamiento

Spanish

Etymology

Etymology tree

Proto-Indo-European *h₁én

Proto-Italic *en

Proto-Italic *en-

Latin in-

Old Spanish en-

Spanish en-

Latin frōns

Old Spanish fruente

Spanish frente

Spanish -ar

Spanish enfrentar

Proto-Indo-European *-mn̥

Proto-Indo-European *-mn̥tom

Proto-Italic *-mentom

Late Latin -mentum

Old Spanish -miento

Spanish -miento

Spanish enfrentamiento

From enfrentar + -miento.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /enfɾentaˈmjento/ [ẽɱ.fɾẽn̪.t̪aˈmjẽn̪.t̪o]
• Rhymes: -ento
• Syllabification: en‧fren‧ta‧mien‧to

Noun

enfrentamiento m (plural enfrentamientos)

1. showdown, face-off, matchup, match-up, encounter
2. clash, confrontation, conflict, battle
3. (in the plural) fighting, strife, hostilities
4. addressing (e.g. of an issue or problem with an aggressive approach)
5. (colloquial) match

   Synonym: partido

Hyponyms

• enfrentamiento armado (“armed conflict; armed standoff”)

Further reading

• “enfrentamiento”, 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