affrontare
Italian
Alternative forms
- affrontar (apocopic)
Etymology
Inherited from Vulgar Latin *affrontāre, from Latin ad- + frons + -āre. By surface analysis, a- + fronte + -are.
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
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- Italian terms inherited from Vulgar Latin
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- Rhymes:Italian/are
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