Meaning
to face, confront, tackle
- to face or confront
- to cope with
- to deal with, broach or handle
- to brave or tackle
In a sentence
Domani devo affrontare una riunione molto importante.
Tomorrow I have to face a very important meeting.
Come hai affrontato quel periodo così difficile?
How did you cope with that difficult time?
Non voglio affrontare questo discorso adesso.
I don't want to deal with this topic right now.
Word forms (48)
| Word | Word forms |
|---|---|
| affrontare | infinitive |
| affrontiamo | indicative · present · plural · 1st person |
| affronto | indicative · present · singular · 1st person |
| affrontate | indicative · present · plural · 2nd person |
| affronti | indicative · present · singular · 2nd person |
| affrontano | indicative · present · plural · 3rd person |
| affronta | indicative · present · singular · 3rd person |
| affrontavamo | indicative · imperfect · plural · 1st person |
| affrontavo | indicative · imperfect · singular · 1st person |
| affrontavate | indicative · imperfect · plural · 2nd person |
| affrontavi | indicative · imperfect · singular · 2nd person |
| affrontavano | indicative · imperfect · plural · 3rd person |
| affrontava | indicative · imperfect · singular · 3rd person |
| affrontammo | indicative · past · plural · 1st person |
| affrontai | indicative · past · singular · 1st person |
| affrontaste | indicative · past · plural · 2nd person |
| affrontasti | indicative · past · singular · 2nd person |
| affrontarono | indicative · past · plural · 3rd person |
| affrontò | indicative · past · singular · 3rd person |
| affronteremo | indicative · future · plural · 1st person |
| affronterò | indicative · future · singular · 1st person |
| affronterete | indicative · future · plural · 2nd person |
| affronterai | indicative · future · singular · 2nd person |
| affronteranno | indicative · future · plural · 3rd person |
| affronterà | indicative · future · singular · 3rd person |
| affrontiamo | subjunctive · present · plural · 1st person |
| affronti | subjunctive · present · singular · 1st person |
| affrontiate | subjunctive · present · plural · 2nd person |
| affronti | subjunctive · present · singular · 2nd person |
| affrontino | subjunctive · present · plural · 3rd person |
| affronti | subjunctive · present · singular · 3rd person |
| affrontassimo | subjunctive · imperfect · plural · 1st person |
| affrontassi | subjunctive · imperfect · singular · 1st person |
| affrontaste | subjunctive · imperfect · plural · 2nd person |
| affrontassi | subjunctive · imperfect · singular · 2nd person |
| affrontassero | subjunctive · imperfect · plural · 3rd person |
| affrontasse | subjunctive · imperfect · singular · 3rd person |
| affronteremmo | conditional · present · plural · 1st person |
| affronterei | conditional · present · singular · 1st person |
| affrontereste | conditional · present · plural · 2nd person |
| affronteresti | conditional · present · singular · 2nd person |
| affronterebbero | conditional · present · plural · 3rd person |
| affronterebbe | conditional · present · singular · 3rd person |
| affrontiamo | imperative · plural · 1st person |
| affrontate | imperative · plural · 2nd person |
| affronta | imperative · singular · 2nd person |
| affrontando | gerund |
| affrontato | past · participle |
Usage notes
- Use 'affrontare' for active, intentional challenges; 'fronteggiare' is more passive (e.g., a crisis).
- Avoid overusing it for trivial problems—reserve for significant issues or efforts.
- Takes 'avere' as auxiliary in compound tenses (e.g., 'ho affrontato').