Conjugations
Present Presente
Habits, current states, and general facts.
| Subject | Verb form | Listen |
|---|---|---|
| yo | afronto | |
| tú | afrontas | |
| él / ella / usted | afronta | |
| nosotros / nosotras | afrontamos | |
| vosotros / vosotras | afrontáis | |
| ellos / ellas / ustedes | afrontan |
Preterite Pretérito perfecto simple
Actions viewed as completed events in the past.
| Subject | Verb form | Listen |
|---|---|---|
| yo | afronté | |
| tú | afrontaste | |
| él / ella / usted | afrontó | |
| nosotros / nosotras | afrontamos | |
| vosotros / vosotras | afrontasteis | |
| ellos / ellas / ustedes | afrontaron |
Imperfect Pretérito imperfecto
Past habits, descriptions, and actions in progress.
| Subject | Verb form | Listen |
|---|---|---|
| yo | afrontaba | |
| tú | afrontabas | |
| él / ella / usted | afrontaba | |
| nosotros / nosotras | afrontábamos | |
| vosotros / vosotras | afrontabais | |
| ellos / ellas / ustedes | afrontaban |
Future Futuro simple
Future events; also used to express a guess about the present.
| Subject | Verb form | Listen |
|---|---|---|
| yo | afrontaré | |
| tú | afrontarás | |
| él / ella / usted | afrontará | |
| nosotros / nosotras | afrontaremos | |
| vosotros / vosotras | afrontaréis | |
| ellos / ellas / ustedes | afrontarán |
Conditional Condicional simple
Hypothetical events and some polite requests.
| Subject | Verb form | Listen |
|---|---|---|
| yo | afrontaría | |
| tú | afrontarías | |
| él / ella / usted | afrontaría | |
| nosotros / nosotras | afrontaríamos | |
| vosotros / vosotras | afrontaríais | |
| ellos / ellas / ustedes | afrontarían |
Present subjunctive Presente de subjuntivo
Used in certain clauses expressing wishes, doubt, feelings, and other non-asserted situations.
| Subject | Verb form | Listen |
|---|---|---|
| yo | afronte | |
| tú | afrontes | |
| él / ella / usted | afronte | |
| nosotros / nosotras | afrontemos | |
| vosotros / vosotras | afrontéis | |
| ellos / ellas / ustedes | afronten |
Use ustedes for plural “you” in Latin America. Its verb form matches ellos / ellas. Vos forms are not included. Google voice when available; device voice as a fallback.
Meaning & usage
- to face, address, tackle, meet, deal with, confront, cope with, handle, bear, manage, (e.g. reality, an issue, a situation, a problem)
- to defy, to brave
- to afford, to bear (e.g. a cost, a loss)
English glosses are a starting point. The meaning of a verb can change with context, a preposition, or se. Read the full dictionary entry ↗
Meanings and conjugation data adapted from English Wiktionary contributors via Kaikki.org / Wiktextract. Frequency scores from wordfreq 3.1.1 by Robyn Speer and contributors. Adapted data is available under CC BY-SA 4.0. Entry source · Sources, download & limitations