# confrontar
## Catalan
### Etymology

Learned borrowing from Medieval Latin cōnfrontāre.

### Pronunciation

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

### Verb

confrontar (first-person singular present confronto, first-person singular preterite confrontí, past participle confrontat); root stress: (Central, Valencia, Balearic) /o/
* (transitive) to collate (compare two documents)
    Synonym: cotejar
* (intransitive) to agree, conform
* (intransitive) to be confronted (amb with)
    Synonym: afrontar

#### 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, 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.

## Galician
### Etymology

Learned borrowing from Medieval Latin cōnfrontāre.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /konfɾonˈtaɾ/ [koɱ.fɾon̪ˈt̪aɾ]
* Rhymes: -aɾ
* Hyphenation: con‧fron‧tar

### Verb

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

#### Conjugation

$^1$Less recommended.

#### Derived terms

* confrontación

### Further reading

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

## Portuguese
### Etymology

Learned borrowing from Medieval Latin cōnfrontāre.

### Pronunciation

* (Brazil) IPA: /kõ.fɾõˈta(ʁ)/ [kõ.fɾõˈta(h)]
* (Brazil) IPA: /kõ.fɾõˈta(ʁ)/ [kõ.fɾõˈta(h)]
** (São Paulo) IPA: /kõ.fɾõˈta(ɾ)/
** (Rio de Janeiro) IPA: /kõ.fɾõˈta(ʁ)/ [kõ.fɾõˈta(χ)]
** (Southern Brazil) IPA: /kõ.fɾõˈta(ɻ)/
* (Portugal) IPA: /kõ.fɾõˈtaɾ/
* (Portugal) IPA: /kõ.fɾõˈtaɾ/
** (Southern Portugal) IPA: /kõ.fɾõˈta.ɾi/
* 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

$^1$Brazilian Portuguese. $^2$European Portuguese.

#### Related terms

* frontal

### Further reading

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

## Spanish
### Etymology

Learned borrowing from Medieval Latin cōnfrontāre.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /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

$^1$Mostly obsolete, now mainly used in legal language. $^2$Argentine and Uruguayan voseo prefers the tú form for the present subjunctive.
These forms are generated automatically and may not actually be used. Pronoun usage varies by region.

#### Derived terms

* confrontación

### Further reading

* “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], 2024 December 10

## Venetan
### Etymology

Learned borrowing from Medieval Latin cōnfrontāre.

### Verb

confrontar
* (transitive) to compare, etc.
* (transitive) to confront

#### Conjugation

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

#### Related terms

* confrontarse