confrontar

Catalan

Etymology

Learned borrowing from Medieval Latin confrontāre.

Pronunciation
  • (Balearic) IPA(key): /kom.fɾonˈta/
  • (Central) IPA(key): /kum.fɾunˈta/
  • (Valencian) IPA(key): /kom.fɾonˈtaɾ/
  • Hyphenation: con‧fron‧tar
  • Rhymes: -a(ɾ)

Verb

confrontar (first-person singular present confronto, past participle confrontat)

  1. (transitive) to collate (compare two documents)
    Synonym: cotejar
  2. (intransitive) to agree, conform
  3. (intransitive) to be confronted (amb with)
    Synonym: afrontar

Conjugation
Conjugation of confrontar (first conjugation)
infinitive confrontar
present participle 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
— confronta confronti confrontem confronteu confrontin

Derived terms

Further reading

Galician

Pronunciation
  • 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
person first second third first second third
Infinitive eu ti el/ela/Vde. nós vós eles/elas/Vdes.
impersonal confrontar
personal confrontar confrontares confrontar confrontarmos confrontardes confrontaren
Gerund
confrontando
Past participle singular plural
masculine confrontado confrontados
feminine confrontada confrontadas
Indicative eu ti el/ela/Vde. nós vós eles/elas/Vdes.
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 eu ti el/ela/Vde. nós vós eles/elas/Vdes.
present confronte confrontes confronte confrontemos confrontedes confronten
preterite confrontase confrontases confrontase confrontásemos confrontásedes confrontasen
future confrontar confrontares confrontar confrontarmos confrontardes confrontaren
Imperative – ti el/ela/Vde. nós vós eles/elas/Vdes.
affirmative – confronta confronte confrontemos confrontade confronten
negative – confrontes confronte confrontemos confrontedes confronten

Derived terms

Further reading

Portuguese

Etymology

From Medieval Latin confrontari, from Latin con- + frons.

Pronunciation
 
  • (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)]
    • (Southern Brazil) IPA(key): /kõ.fɾõˈta(ɻ)/

  • 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

1Brazil.
2Portugal.

Further reading
  • “confrontar” in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa.

Spanish

Etymology

From Medieval Latin confrontari, from Latin con- + frons.

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

1Mostly obsolete, now mainly used in legal language.
2Argentine and Uruguayan voseo prefers the tú 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 tú 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 vos 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

Further reading

Venetian

Etymology

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.) Compare Italian confrontare.

Verb

confrontar

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

Conjugation
  • Venetian 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 mi ti eło / eła noialtri / noialtre voialtri / voialtre łuri / łore
present 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
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