afrentar

Spanish

Etymology

Inherited from Old Spanish afrontar, from Vulgar Latin *affrontāre, derived from Latin ad- + frontem + -āre. Doublet of afrontar. By surface analysis, a- +‎ frente +‎ -ar.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /afɾenˈtaɾ/ [a.fɾẽn̪ˈt̪aɾ]
Rhymes: -aɾ
Syllabification: a‧fren‧tar

Verb

afrentar (first-person singular present afrento, first-person singular preterite afrenté, past participle afrentado)

(transitive) to affront
Synonyms: humillar, ofender, denostar

Conjugation

Conjugation of afrentar (See Appendix:Spanish verbs)

		singular			plural
infinitive			afrentar
gerund			afrentando
past participle				masculine		feminine
		singular		afrentado		afrentada
		plural		afrentados		afrentadas
		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	afrento	afrentas^{^tú} afrentás^{^vos}	afrenta	afrentamos	afrentáis	afrentan
	imperfect	afrentaba	afrentabas	afrentaba	afrentábamos	afrentabais	afrentaban
	preterite	afrenté	afrentaste	afrentó	afrentamos	afrentasteis	afrentaron
	future	afrentaré	afrentarás	afrentará	afrentaremos	afrentaréis	afrentarán
	conditional	afrentaría	afrentarías	afrentaría	afrentaríamos	afrentaríais	afrentarían

subjunctive		yo	tú vos	él/ella/ello usted	nosotros nosotras	vosotros vosotras	ellos/ellas ustedes
	present	afrente	afrentes^{^tú} afrentés^{^vos²}	afrente	afrentemos	afrentéis	afrenten
	imperfect (ra)	afrentara	afrentaras	afrentara	afrentáramos	afrentarais	afrentaran
	imperfect (se)	afrentase	afrentases	afrentase	afrentásemos	afrentaseis	afrentasen
	future¹	afrentare	afrentares	afrentare	afrentáremos	afrentareis	afrentaren

imperative		—	tú vos	usted	nosotros nosotras	vosotros vosotras	ustedes
	affirmative		afrenta^{^tú} afrentá^{^vos}	afrente	afrentemos	afrentad	afrenten
	negative		no afrentes	no afrente	no afrentemos	no afrentéis	no afrenten

¹Mostly obsolete, now mainly used in legal language.
²Argentine and Uruguayan voseo prefers the tú form for the present subjunctive.

Selected combined forms of afrentar

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 afrentar	dative	afrentarme	afrentarte	afrentarle, afrentarse	afrentarnos	afrentaros	afrentarles, afrentarse
with infinitive afrentar	accusative	afrentarme	afrentarte	afrentarlo, afrentarla, afrentarse	afrentarnos	afrentaros	afrentarlos, afrentarlas, afrentarse

with gerund afrentando	dative	afrentándome	afrentándote	afrentándole, afrentándose	afrentándonos	afrentándoos	afrentándoles, afrentándose
with gerund afrentando	accusative	afrentándome	afrentándote	afrentándolo, afrentándola, afrentándose	afrentándonos	afrentándoos	afrentándolos, afrentándolas, afrentándose

with informal second-person singular tú imperative afrenta	dative	afréntame	afréntate	afréntale	afréntanos	not used	afréntales
with informal second-person singular tú imperative afrenta	accusative	afréntame	afréntate	afréntalo, afréntala	afréntanos	not used	afréntalos, afréntalas

with informal second-person singular vos imperative afrentá	dative	afrentame	afrentate	afrentale	afrentanos	not used	afrentales
	accusative	afrentame	afrentate	afrentalo, afrentala	afrentanos	not used	afrentalos, afrentalas

with formal second-person singular imperative afrente	dative	afrénteme	not used	afréntele, afréntese	afréntenos	not used	afrénteles
with formal second-person singular imperative afrente	accusative	afrénteme	not used	afréntelo, afréntela, afréntese	afréntenos	not used	afréntelos, afréntelas

with first-person plural imperative afrentemos	dative	not used	afrentémoste	afrentémosle	afrentémonos	afrentémoos	afrentémosles
with first-person plural imperative afrentemos	accusative	not used	afrentémoste	afrentémoslo, afrentémosla	afrentémonos	afrentémoos	afrentémoslos, afrentémoslas

with informal second-person plural imperative afrentad	dative	afrentadme	not used	afrentadle	afrentadnos	afrentaos	afrentadles
with informal second-person plural imperative afrentad	accusative	afrentadme	not used	afrentadlo, afrentadla	afrentadnos	afrentaos	afrentadlos, afrentadlas

with formal second-person plural imperative afrenten	dative	afréntenme	not used	afréntenle	afréntennos	not used	afréntenles, afréntense
with formal second-person plural imperative afrenten	accusative	afréntenme	not used	afréntenlo, afréntenla	afréntennos	not used	afréntenlos, afréntenlas, afréntense

Related terms

References

Joan Coromines, José A[ntonio] Pascual (1984) “frente”, in Diccionario crítico etimológico castellano e hispánico [Critical Castilian and Hispanic Etymological Dictionary] (in Spanish), volume II (Ce–F), Madrid: Gredos, →ISBN, page 954