affrontare
Italian
Etymology
From Vulgar Latin *affrontāre, from Latin ad + frons + -āre.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /af.fronˈta.re/
- Rhymes: -are
- Hyphenation: af‧fron‧tà‧re
Verb
affrontàre (first-person singular present affrónto, first-person singular past historic affrontài, past participle affrontàto, auxiliary avére) (transitive)
- to face or confront
- to cope with
- to deal with, broach or handle
- to brave or tackle
- to encounter
- to take on
Conjugation
Conjugation of affrontàre (-are) (See Appendix:Italian verbs)
Derived terms
Anagrams
- affronterà, far fronte a, raffrenato