afronta

See also: afrontá

Catalan

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (Central, Balearic) [əˈfɾon.tə]
• IPA^(key): (Valencia) [aˈfɾon.ta]

Verb

afronta

1. inflection of afrontar:
   1. third-person singular present indicative
   2. second-person singular imperative

Galician

Verb

afronta

1. inflection of afrontar:
   1. third-person singular present indicative
   2. second-person singular imperative

Portuguese

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /aˈfɾõ.tɐ/

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /aˈfɾõ.tɐ/
  • (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /aˈfɾõ.ta/

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /ɐˈfɾõ.tɐ/

Etymology 1

Deverbal from afrontar.

Noun

afronta f (plural afrontas)

1. affront (open or intentional offense, slight, or insult)

   Synonyms: afrontamento, injúria, ofensa, ultraje, assalto

   • 2022, “Fogo nos Racistas”, performed by Black Pantera:

     Eu sei, nossa simples existência já é uma afronta
     Os demônios em você não aguentam ver
     Outro preto que desponta

     I know our existence alone is already an affront
     The demons inside you can't stand to see
     Another black man emerging

2. (uncountable) infamy

   Synonyms: infâmia, desonra

Related terms

• afrontado, afrontador

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Verb

afronta

1. inflection of afrontar:
   1. third-person singular present indicative
   2. second-person singular imperative

Further reading

• “afronta”, in Dicionário Aulete Digital (in Portuguese), Rio de Janeiro: Lexikon Editora Digital, 2008–2025
• “afronta”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2025

Romanian

Etymology

Borrowed from French affronter.

Verb

a afronta (third-person singular present afrontează, past participle afrontat) 1st conjugation

1. to face

Conjugation

    conjugation of afronta (first conjugation, -ez- infix)

infinitive			a afronta
gerund			afrontând
past participle			afrontat
number		singular			plural
person		1st person	2nd person	3rd person	1st person	2nd person	3rd person
indicative		eu	tu	el/ea	noi	voi	ei/ele
	present	afrontez	afrontezi	afrontează	afrontăm	afrontați	afrontează
	imperfect	afrontam	afrontai	afronta	afrontam	afrontați	afrontau
	simple perfect	afrontai	afrontași	afrontă	afrontarăm	afrontarăți	afrontară
	pluperfect	afrontasem	afrontaseși	afrontase	afrontaserăm	afrontaserăți	afrontaseră
subjunctive		eu	tu	el/ea	noi	voi	ei/ele
	present	să afrontez	să afrontezi	să afronteze	să afrontăm	să afrontați	să afronteze
imperative		—	tu	—	—	voi	—
	affirmative		afrontează			afrontați
	negative		nu afronta			nu afrontați

Spanish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /aˈfɾonta/ [aˈfɾõn̪.t̪a]
• Rhymes: -onta
• Syllabification: a‧fron‧ta

Verb

afronta

1. inflection of afrontar:
   1. third-person singular present indicative
   2. second-person singular imperative