See confront in All languages combined, or Wiktionary
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"sense": "to come up against; to encounter",
"word": "confronteren"
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"sense": "to come up against; to encounter",
"word": "kohdata"
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"sense": "to come up against; to encounter",
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"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "to come up against; to encounter",
"word": "begegnen"
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"code": "it",
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"sense": "to come up against; to encounter",
"word": "sfidare"
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"roman": "stálkivatʹsja",
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"roman": "stolknútʹsja",
"sense": "to come up against; to encounter",
"tags": [
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"word": "столкну́ться"
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"code": "es",
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"sense": "to come up against; to encounter",
"word": "enfrentar"
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"code": "tr",
"lang": "Turkish",
"sense": "to come up against; to encounter",
"word": "karşı koymak"
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"code": "uk",
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"roman": "stykátysja",
"sense": "to come up against; to encounter",
"tags": [
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"word": "стика́тися"
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"word": "konfrontieren"
},
{
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "to come up against; to encounter",
"word": "begegnen"
},
{
"code": "it",
"lang": "Italian",
"sense": "to come up against; to encounter",
"word": "sfidare"
},
{
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "stálkivatʹsja",
"sense": "to come up against; to encounter",
"tags": [
"imperfective"
],
"word": "ста́лкиваться"
},
{
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "stolknútʹsja",
"sense": "to come up against; to encounter",
"tags": [
"perfective"
],
"word": "столкну́ться"
},
{
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "to come up against; to encounter",
"word": "enfrentar"
},
{
"code": "tr",
"lang": "Turkish",
"sense": "to come up against; to encounter",
"word": "karşı koymak"
},
{
"code": "uk",
"lang": "Ukrainian",
"roman": "stykátysja",
"sense": "to come up against; to encounter",
"tags": [
"imperfective"
],
"word": "стика́тися"
},
{
"code": "uk",
"lang": "Ukrainian",
"roman": "zitknútysja",
"sense": "to come up against; to encounter",
"tags": [
"perfective"
],
"word": "зіткну́тися"
},
{
"code": "sq",
"lang": "Albanian",
"sense": "to engage in confrontation",
"word": "përballoj"
},
{
"code": "nl",
"lang": "Dutch",
"sense": "to engage in confrontation",
"word": "confronteren"
},
{
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "to engage in confrontation",
"word": "konfrontieren"
},
{
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "to engage in confrontation",
"word": "gegenübertreten"
},
{
"code": "he",
"lang": "Hebrew",
"roman": "hit'amét",
"sense": "to engage in confrontation",
"word": "התעמת"
},
{
"code": "mi",
"lang": "Maori",
"sense": "to engage in confrontation",
"word": "whakatumatuma"
},
{
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "to engage in confrontation",
"word": "enfrentar"
},
{
"code": "sv",
"lang": "Swedish",
"sense": "to engage in confrontation",
"word": "konfrontera"
},
{
"code": "sq",
"lang": "Albanian",
"sense": "to set a thing side by side with; to compare",
"word": "ballafaqoj"
},
{
"code": "bg",
"lang": "Bulgarian",
"roman": "sǎpostavjam",
"sense": "to set a thing side by side with; to compare",
"word": "съпоставям"
},
{
"code": "nl",
"lang": "Dutch",
"sense": "to set a thing side by side with; to compare",
"word": "tegenover stellen"
},
{
"code": "nl",
"lang": "Dutch",
"sense": "to set a thing side by side with; to compare",
"word": "vergelijken"
},
{
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "to set a thing side by side with; to compare",
"word": "gegenüberstellen"
},
{
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "to set a thing side by side with; to compare",
"word": "nebeneinanderhalten"
},
{
"code": "it",
"lang": "Italian",
"sense": "to set a thing side by side with; to compare",
"word": "confrontare"
},
{
"code": "sq",
"lang": "Albanian",
"sense": "to put a thing facing to; to set in contrast to",
"word": "ballafaqoj"
},
{
"code": "bg",
"lang": "Bulgarian",
"roman": "sǎpostavjam",
"sense": "to put a thing facing to; to set in contrast to",
"word": "съпоставям"
},
{
"code": "nl",
"lang": "Dutch",
"sense": "to put a thing facing to; to set in contrast to",
"word": "tegenover stellen"
},
{
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "to put a thing facing to; to set in contrast to",
"word": "einander gegenüberstellen"
},
{
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "sopostavljátʹ",
"sense": "to put a thing facing to; to set in contrast to",
"tags": [
"imperfective"
],
"word": "сопоставля́ть"
},
{
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "sopostávitʹ",
"sense": "to put a thing facing to; to set in contrast to",
"tags": [
"perfective"
],
"word": "сопоста́вить"
},
{
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "protivopostavljátʹ",
"sense": "to put a thing facing to; to set in contrast to",
"tags": [
"imperfective"
],
"word": "противопоставля́ть"
},
{
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "protivopostávitʹ",
"sense": "to put a thing facing to; to set in contrast to",
"tags": [
"perfective"
],
"word": "противопоста́вить"
}
],
"word": "confront"
}
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