enfrentamiento

Spanish

Etymology

From enfrentar +‎ -miento.

Noun

enfrentamiento m (plural enfrentamientos)

1. showdown, face-off, matchup, match-up, encounter
2. clash, confrontation, conflict, battle
3. (in the plural) fighting, strife, hostilities
4. addressing (e.g. of an issue or problem with an aggressive approach)
5. (colloquial) match

Hyponyms

• enfrentamiento armado (“armed conflict; armed standoff”)

Further reading

• “enfrentamiento”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014