affrontare — meaning in English

English meaning

• accost verb To walk up to someone and speak to them in a forceful or unwelcome way.
• address noun The details of where a building or property is located, used for mail or navigation.
• confront verb To face someone directly, often to challenge or accuse them.
• cope verb To deal successfully with a difficult situation.
• dare verb To have the courage or nerve to do something.
• face noun The front of the head, including the eyes, nose, and mouth.
• tackle verb To confront and deal with a difficult problem or task head-on.

Senses

affrontare is used for these senses in English:

• confront (transitive) To stand or meet facing, especially in competition, hostility or defiance; to come face to face with.
• confront (transitive) To deal with.
• cope (intransitive) To deal effectively with something, especially if difficult.
• dare (transitive) To have enough courage to meet or do something, go somewhere, etc.; to face up to.
• face (transitive) To deal with (a difficult situation or person); to accept (facts, reality, etc.) even when undesirable.
• tackle To face or deal with, attempting to overcome or fight down.
• take on (idiomatic) To attempt to fight, compete with, or engage with.

accost — full definition

1. verb To walk up to someone and speak to them in a forceful or unwelcome way.
2. verb To lie right next to something else, touching its edge.
3. verb To sail close along the coastline or edge of something.
4. verb To come close to someone or something.

address — full definition

1. noun The details of where a building or property is located, used for mail or navigation.
2. noun A formal speech given to an audience.
3. noun (computing) A code identifying a specific location in memory or on a network.
4. verb To speak directly to a person or group.
5. verb To deal with or attempt to solve an issue.

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