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affrontate

Affrontate is a form of the Italian verb affrontare, meaning to face, confront, or tackle. It can appear in different grammatical roles depending on context: as the present indicative second-person plural form (voi affrontate), as the second-person plural imperative (Affrontate!), and as the feminine plural past participle used in compound tenses or as an adjective (le questioni affrontate).

Forms and usage

- Present indicative: voi affrontate, meaning you (plural) face or confront.

- Imperative: affrontate! (you all face or tackle).

- Past participle: affrontate, used with feminine plural nouns or in passive constructions, e.g., Le questioni affrontate

Lexical meaning

Affrontare conveys the act of facing or addressing something directly, such as a problem, a topic, a

Etymology and related forms

Affrontare derives from a prefix a- plus fronte (front, face), with semantic development toward facing or confronting.

Notes

As a past participle, affrontate agrees in gender and number with the noun it modifies or with

See also

affrontare; fronte; affrontamento; afrontare (related Romance-language forms)

were
addressed;
sono
affrontate
in
passive
voice.
challenge,
or
a
person.
It
is
commonly
used
with
nouns
like
tema,
problema,
ostacolo,
situazione,
and
sfida.
Expressions
include
affrontare
un
tema,
affrontare
una
situazione,
affrontare
una
sfida.
Related
Romance-language
forms
include
Spanish
afrentar/afrontar
and
historic
French
fronte,
reflecting
the
same
root
meaning.
the
subject
in
passive
constructions
(le
questioni
affrontate;
le
questioni
sono
affrontate).
The
verb
also
appears
in
idiomatic
phrases
such
as
affrontare
i
propri
timori
or
affrontare
una
critiche,
where
it
emphasizes
direct
engagement
with
a
matter.