enfréntamos

Enfréntamos is a form of the Spanish verb enfrentar, meaning to face or to confront. In standard orthography, the present indicative form for we is enfrentamos, without an accent. The variant enfréntamos, with an acute accent on the first syllable, is not standard in most dialects and would indicate an unusual or stylistic stress; it may appear in stylized writing or as a typographical choice rather than a normative form.

The verb enfrentar comes from en- plus frente (front), with a sense of placing something in front of or against something else. It is a regular -ar verb in its conjugation patterns. In present indicative, the forms are: yo enfrento, tú enfrentas, él/ella enfrenta, nosotros enfrentamos, vosotros enfrentáis, ellos enfrentan. The present subjunctive forms are: yo enfrente, tú enfrentes, él enfrente, nosotros enfrentemos, vosotros enfrentéis, ellos enfrenten. The preterite (simple past) forms include enfrenté, enfrentaste, enfrentó, enfrentamos, enfrentaron. The verb also appears in reflexive constructions, such as nos enfrentamos, meaning we face each other or we confront one another.

Usage notes: enfrentar is used with a direct object to denote facing a problem, challenge, or adversary (Enfrentamos la crisis con medidas decisivas). The construction nos enfrentamos is common to express mutual facing or competition (Los equipos se enfrentan en la final; we say se enfrentan rather than nos enfrentan for the third-person subject). Related terms include el enfrentamiento (a confrontation) and the nominal form el enfrentamiento informal.

Enfrentar and its forms are widely used across formal, journalistic, and everyday Spanish to describe facing or challenging situations.