afrontar

Inherited from Vulgar Latin *affrontāre, from Latin ad frontem.

• IPA^(key): (Central) [ə.fɾunˈta]
• IPA^(key): (Balearic) [ə.fɾonˈta]
• IPA^(key): (Valencian) [a.fɾonˈtaɾ]
• Rhymes: -a(ɾ)

afrontar (first-person singular present afronto, first-person singular preterite afrontí, past participle afrontat); root stress: (Central, Valencian, Balearic) /o/

1. (transitive) to face, to confront

   Synonym: fer front

• afront
• front

• “afrontar” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.
• “afrontar”, in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana, 2024
• “afrontar” in Diccionari normatiu valencià, Acadèmia Valenciana de la Llengua.
• “afrontar” in Diccionari català-valencià-balear, Antoni Maria Alcover and Francesc de Borja Moll, 1962.

From Old Galician-Portuguese afrontar, from a Vulgar Latin *affrontāre, from Latin ad frontem. Equivalent to a- +‎ fronte +‎ -ar.

• IPA^(key): [afɾonˈtaɾ]

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

1. (transitive) to face, confront

   Synonyms: arrostrar, encarar

2. (transitive) to abuse, insult

   Synonyms: deostar, insultar

3. (takes a reflexive pronoun) to take offense

   Synonyms: anoxar, ofender

   • 1697, José Gil Taboada, Grande loita de luceiros:

     Señora may (os luceyros
     Din) vostede s'afrontou
     Sen causa, porque esta loyta
     Ll'a de dar mais relumbros.

     Lady mother -the luminaries
     Say- your grace took offense
     With no motive, because this fight
     Will give you more shine

4. (takes a reflexive pronoun) to suffocate

   Synonyms: acorar, afogar, atafegar

5. (intransitive) to gasp, to pant

   Synonyms: ampear, arfar, inar

• afronta

• “afrontar” in Dicionario de Dicionarios do galego medieval, SLI - ILGA 2006–2022.
• “afront” in Xavier Varela Barreiro & Xavier Gómez Guinovart: Corpus Xelmírez - Corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval. SLI / Grupo TALG / ILG, 2006–2018.
• “afrontar” in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega, SLI - ILGA 2006–2013.
• “afrontar” in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega. Santiago: ILG.
• “afrontar” in Dicionário Estraviz de galego (2014).
• “afrontar” in Álvarez, Rosario (coord.): Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués, Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega.

Attested from the 12th century.[1] From Old Occitan [Term?], from a Vulgar Latin *affrontāre, from Latin ad frontem.

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afrontar

1. to face, to confront

From Old Galician-Portuguese [Term?], from a Vulgar Latin *affrontāre, from Latin ad frontem. By surface analysis, a- +‎ fronte +‎ -ar.

• Hyphenation: a‧fron‧tar

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

1. (transitive) abuse (to insult)

   Synonyms: insultar, ultrajar, ofender

2. to confront
3. to face
4. to cause sickness

For quotations using this term, see Citations:afrontar.

Inherited from Vulgar Latin *affrontāre, derived from Latin ad- + frontem. Doublet of afrentar. The expected diphthongization of Latin stressed /ŏ/ is attested in medieval conjugations such as afruenta.

• IPA^(key): /afɾonˈtaɾ/ [a.fɾõn̪ˈt̪aɾ]

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• Rhymes: -aɾ
• Syllabification: a‧fron‧tar

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

1. (transitive) to face, address, tackle, meet, deal with, confront, cope with, handle, bear, manage, (e.g. reality, an issue, a situation, a problem)

   Afrontémoslo... ― Let's face it...

2. to defy, to brave
3. to afford, to bear (e.g. a cost, a loss)

• Joan Coromines, José A. Pascual (1984) “frente”, in Diccionario crítico etimológico castellano e hispánico (in Spanish), volumes II (Ce–F), Madrid: Gredos, →ISBN, page 954

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