enfrentar

Spanish

verb
Definitions
  • (transitive) to confront, to face, to stand up to, a person or force aggressively
  • (transitive) to face, to confront, to address, to deal with, to meet, to tackle, to cope with, to handle, to contend, to contend with e.g. reality, an issue, a problem
  • (transitive) to counter, to combat e.g. a threat, terrorism, criminal activity
  • (transitive) to pit two sides against each other
  • (reflexive) to take on, to face off, to face off against, to fight, to engage, to clash e.g. take on somebody in a challenge (+ a)
  • (reflexive) to face, to be facing, to be dealing with, to be up against (+ a)

Etymology

Affix from Spanish, Castilian frente (front).

Origin

Spanish

frente

Gloss

front

Concept
Semantic Field

Spatial relations

Ontological Category

Person/Thing

Kanji

Emoji

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