enfrentamiento
Spanish edit
Etymology edit
Noun edit
enfrentamiento m (plural enfrentamientos)
- showdown, face-off, matchup, match-up, encounter
- clash, confrontation, conflict, battle
- (in the plural) fighting, strife, hostilities
- addressing (e.g. of an issue or problem with an aggressive approach)
- (colloquial) match
Hyponyms edit
- enfrentamiento armado (“armed conflict; armed standoff”)
Further reading edit
- “enfrentamiento”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014