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1 confront
1) (to bring face to face with: He was confronted with the evidence of his crime.) hacer frente a, plantar cara a2) (to face in a hostile manner; to oppose: They confronted the enemy at dawn.) enfrentar, enfrentarse a•tr[kən'frʌnt]1 (enemy, opponent) hacer frente a, plantar cara a, enfrentarse a■ the actress had to confront a crowd of reporters la actriz tuvo que enfrentarse a un grupo de periodistas2 (task, difficulty, reality) enfrentar, enfrentarse a, afrontar, hacer frente a■ the government has refused to confront the problem el gobierno se ha negado a hacer frente al problema\SMALLIDIOMATIC EXPRESSION/SMALLto confront somebody with somebody/something poner a alguien cara a cara con alguien/algo■ she broke down when the police confronted her with the evidence perdió el control cuando la policía le mostró las pruebasto be confronted by/with something verse frente a algo■ his mind went blank when confronted by the TV cameras se quedó en blanco al verse frente a las cámaras de televisiónconfront [kən'frʌnt] vt: afrontar, enfrentarse a, encararv.• acarear v.• afrontar v.• confrontar v.• cotejar v.• encarar v.• enfrentar v.• enfrentarse v.• hacer cara a v.kən'frʌnta) ( come face to face with) \<\<danger/problem\>\> afrontar, enfrentar, hacer* frente apolice were confronted by a group of demonstrators — la policía se vio enfrentada a un grupo de manifestantes
b) ( face up to) \<\<enemy/fear/crisis\>\> hacer* frente a, enfrentarse ato confront somebody WITH something: I intend to confront him with it tomorrow — pienso encararme con él mañana y decírselo
[kǝn'frʌnt]VT (=face squarely) hacer frente a; (=face defiantly) enfrentarse con* * *[kən'frʌnt]a) ( come face to face with) \<\<danger/problem\>\> afrontar, enfrentar, hacer* frente apolice were confronted by a group of demonstrators — la policía se vio enfrentada a un grupo de manifestantes
b) ( face up to) \<\<enemy/fear/crisis\>\> hacer* frente a, enfrentarse ato confront somebody WITH something: I intend to confront him with it tomorrow — pienso encararme con él mañana y decírselo
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