frentear
Spanish, verb/fɾenteˈaɾ/
frentear is a Spanish verb meaning “to face” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) defines it as “Hacer frente, manejar una persona o situación demandante, riesgosa o poco grata”.
What does frentear mean in English?
verb
- 1
to face
Source: English Wiktionary, Spanish section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Spanish dictionaries define it
verb: 1. Hacer frente, manejar una persona o situación demandante, riesgosa o poco grata. 2. Terminar de revocar o revestir el paramento de un muro.
verb: 1. Dicho de una persona: tratar a otro de igual a igual.
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 frentear
- frenteo first-person present singular
- frenteé first-person preterite singular
- frenteado participle past
- frenteando gerund
- frenteada feminine participle past
- frenteados masculine participle past
- frenteadas feminine participle past
- frenteas indicative informal present
- frenteás indicative informal present
- frentea indicative present singular
- frenteamos first-person indicative plural
- frenteáis indicative plural present
- frentean indicative plural present
- frenteaba first-person imperfect indicative
- frenteabas imperfect indicative second-person
- frenteábamos first-person imperfect indicative
- frenteabais imperfect indicative plural
- frenteaban imperfect indicative plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce frentear?
- /fɾenteˈaɾ/
- [fɾẽn̪.t̪eˈaɾ]
- [fɾẽn̪t̪eˈaɾ]
Sources: English Wiktionary, Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.