afrentar
Spanish, verb/afɾenˈtaɾ/
afrentar is spelled A-F-R-E-N-T-A-R (8 letters) and appears about once in every 74 million words in written Spanish, the 298,369th most frequent Spanish word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Afrentar is a Spanish verb meaning “to affront” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) defines it as “Causar una afrenta, ofensa o deshonra”.
What does afrentar mean in English?
verb
- 1
to affront
Source: English Wiktionary, Spanish section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Spanish dictionaries define it
verb: 1. Causar una afrenta, ofensa o deshonra. 2. Poner en aprieto, peligro o lance capaz de ocasionar vergüenza o deshonra. 3. Requerir, intimar.
The definition in the Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario), in Spanish.
Source: Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario), dump of September 1, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org.
Forms of afrentar
- afrento first-person present singular
- afrenté first-person preterite singular
- afrentado participle past
- afrentando gerund
- afrentada feminine participle past
- afrentados masculine participle past
- afrentadas feminine participle past
- afrentas indicative informal present
- afrentás indicative informal present
- afrenta indicative present singular
- afrentamos first-person indicative plural
- afrentáis indicative plural present
- afrentan indicative plural present
- afrentaba first-person imperfect indicative
- afrentabas imperfect indicative second-person
- afrentábamos first-person imperfect indicative
- afrentabais imperfect indicative plural
- afrentaban imperfect indicative plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce afrentar?
- /afɾenˈtaɾ/
- [a.fɾẽn̪ˈt̪aɾ]
- [afɾẽn̪ˈt̪aɾ]
Sources: English Wiktionary, Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to afrentar
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is afrentar in Spanish?
afrentar appears about once in every 74 million words in written Spanish.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).