verb/afɾonˈtaɾ/
to face, address, tackle, meet, deal with, confront, cope with, handle, bear, manage, (e.g. reality, an issue, a situation, a problem); to defy, to brave; to afford, to bear (e.g. a cost, a loss)
“Afrontémoslo...” — Let's face it...
Inherited from Vulgar Latin *affrontāre, derived from Latin ad- + frontem. Doublet of afrentar. The expected diphthongization of Latin stressed /ŏ/ is attested in medieval conjugations such as afruenta.