afrentar
Spanish
Etymology
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)
| infinitive | afrentar | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| gerund | afrentando | ||||||
| past participle | masculine | feminine | |||||
| singular | afrentado | afrentada | |||||
| plural | afrentados | afrentadas | |||||
| 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 | afrento | afrentastú afrentásvos | 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 | afrentestú afrentésvos2 | 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 | afrentatú afrentávos | 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 | |
| accusative | afrentarme | afrentarte | afrentarlo, afrentarla, afrentarse | afrentarnos | afrentaros | afrentarlos, afrentarlas, afrentarse | |
| with gerund afrentando | |||||||
| dative | afrentándome | afrentándote | afrentándole, afrentándose | afrentándonos | afrentándoos | afrentándoles, afrentándose | |
| 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 | |
| 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 | |
| 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 | |
| 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 | |
| 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 | |
| accusative | afréntenme | not used | afréntenlo, afréntenla | afréntennos | not used | afréntenlos, afréntenlas, afréntense | |
Related terms
- afrenta
- afrontar
- enfrentar
- frente
References
- Joan Coromines; José A. Pascual (1984), “frente”, in Diccionario crítico etimológico castellano e hispánico (in Spanish), volume II (Ce–F), Madrid: Gredos, →ISBN, page 954
Further reading
- “afrentar”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014