No. 1,743 in Portuguese
enfrentamento
"Enfrentamento" means "confrontation" or "facing a challenge."
In a sentence
O enfrentamento da situação exigia coragem.
Facing the situation required courage.
Enfrentamento is used to denote the act of confronting or dealing directly with the situation.
O programa tem como foco o enfrentamento da pobreza urbana.
The program focuses on confronting urban poverty.
Enfrentamento is used in the context of addressing a systemic issue, specifically urban poverty.
O enfrentamento entre os dois times foi intenso.
The confrontation between the two teams was intense.
Enfrentamento conveys the idea of competition or confrontation between groups, here the teams.
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