♦ (to) confront

♦ (to) confront
♦ (to) confront /kənˈfrʌnt/
v. t.
1 affrontare; incontrare faccia a faccia; sostenere il confronto con: Police and demonstrators confronted each other, la polizia e i dimostranti si sono affrontati; He had to confront his accusers in court, ha dovuto affrontare i suoi accusatori in tribunale; I was confronted by an angry neighbour, mi trovai di fronte un vicino furioso
2 affrontare; far fronte a: to confront danger [a problem, a question], affrontare il pericolo [un problema, una questione]
3 (al passivo) to be confronted with, avere di fronte; dover affrontare: to be confronted with a problem, avere di fronte (o dover affrontare) un problema
4 essere di fronte a: A new dilemma confronted me, avevo di fronte un nuovo dilemma
5 mettere (q.) di fronte (a qc.): We confronted him with the facts, lo abbiamo messo di fronte ai (o abbiamo messo davanti i) fatti
6 mettere (q.) a confronto con: to confront two witnesses, mettere a confronto due testimoni
FALSI AMICI: to confront non significa confrontare.

English-Italian dictionary. 2013.

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