enfrentamiento
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Spanish
Etymology
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /enfɾentaˈmjento/ [ẽɱ.fɾẽn̪.t̪aˈmjẽn̪.t̪o]
- Rhymes: -ento
- Syllabification: en‧fren‧ta‧mien‧to
Noun
enfrentamiento m (plural enfrentamientos)
- showdown, face-off, matchup, match-up, encounter
- clash, confrontation, conflict, battle
- (in the plural) fighting, strife, hostilities
- addressing (e.g. of an issue or problem with an aggressive approach)
- (colloquial) match
- Synonym: partido
Hyponyms
- enfrentamiento armado (“armed conflict; armed standoff”)
Further reading
- “enfrentamiento”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014