confrontar

Learned borrowing from Medieval Latin cōnfrontāre.

• IPA^(key): (Central) [kuɱ.fɾunˈta]
• IPA^(key): (Balearic) [koɱ.fɾonˈta]
• IPA^(key): (Valencia) [koɱ.fɾonˈtaɾ]
• Rhymes: -a(ɾ)
• Hyphenation: con‧fron‧tar
• Homophone: confrontà (except Valencian)

confrontar (first-person singular present confronto, first-person singular preterite confrontí, past participle confrontat); root stress: (Central, Valencia, Balearic) /o/

1. (transitive) to collate (compare two documents)

   Synonym: cotejar

2. (intransitive) to agree, conform
3. (intransitive) to be confronted (amb with)

   Synonym: afrontar

• confront
• confrontació

• “confrontar”, in Diccionari de la llengua catalana [Dictionary of the Catalan Language] (in Catalan), second edition, Institute of Catalan Studies [Catalan: Institut d'Estudis Catalans], April 2007
• “confrontar”, in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana, 2025
• “confrontar” in Diccionari normatiu valencià, Acadèmia Valenciana de la Llengua.
• “confrontar” in Diccionari català-valencià-balear, Antoni Maria Alcover and Francesc de Borja Moll, 1962.

Learned borrowing from Medieval Latin cōnfrontāre.

• IPA^(key): /konfɾonˈtaɾ/ [koɱ.fɾon̪ˈt̪aɾ]
• Rhymes: -aɾ
• Hyphenation: con‧fron‧tar

confrontar (first-person singular present confronto, first-person singular preterite confrontei, past participle confrontado)

1. to confront

• confrontación

• “confrontar”, in Dicionario da Real Academia Galega (in Galician), A Coruña: Royal Galician Academy, 2012–2025
• “confrontar” in Dicionário Estraviz de galego (2014).

Learned borrowing from Medieval Latin cōnfrontāre.

• Hyphenation: con‧fron‧tar

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

• frontal

• “confrontar”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2025

Learned borrowing from Medieval Latin cōnfrontāre.

• IPA^(key): /konfɾonˈtaɾ/ [kõɱ.fɾõn̪ˈt̪aɾ]
• Rhymes: -aɾ
• Syllabification: con‧fron‧tar

confrontar (first-person singular present confronto, first-person singular preterite confronté, past participle confrontado)

1. to confront

• “confrontar”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 10 December 2024

Learned borrowing from Medieval Latin cōnfrontāre.

confrontar

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

* Venetan conjugation varies from one region to another. Hence, the following conjugation should be considered as typical, not as exhaustive.

• confrontarse