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)
- (transitive) to collate (compare two documents)
- Synonym: cotejar
- (intransitive) to agree, conform
- (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
- confront
- confrontació
Further reading
- “confrontar” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.
- “confrontar”, in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana, 2023
- “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.
Galician
Pronunciation
- Hyphenation: con‧fron‧tar
Verb
confrontar (first-person singular present confronto, first-person singular preterite confrontei, past participle confrontado)
- 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
- confrontación
Further reading
- “confrontar” in Dicionario da Real Academia Galega, Royal Galician Academy.
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)/
- (Portugal) IPA(key): /kõ.fɾõˈtaɾ/
- Hyphenation: con‧fron‧tar
Verb
confrontar (first-person singular present confronto, first-person singular preterite confrontei, past participle confrontado)
- (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.
Related terms
- frontal
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)
- 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
- confrontación
Further reading
- “confrontar”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014
Venetian
Etymology
(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)Compare Italian confrontare.
Verb
confrontar
- (transitive) to compare, etc.
- (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 | |
Related terms
- confrontarse