enfrentamiento

showdown, face-off, matchup, match-up, encounter; clash, confrontation, conflict, battle; fighting, strife, hostilities; addressing (e.g. of an issue or problem with an aggressive approach); match

Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *h₁én Proto-Italic *en Proto-Italic *en- Latin in- Old Spanish en- Spanish en- Latin frōns Old Spanish fruente Spanish frente Spanish -ar Spanish enfrentar Proto-Indo-European *-mn̥ Proto-Indo-European *-mn̥tom Proto-Italic *-mentom Late Latin -mentum Old Spanish -miento Spanish -miento Spanish enfrentamiento From enfrentar + -miento.