encarar

v.

1 to confront, to face up to (hacer frente a).

María encara sus problemas con valor Mary faces her problems with courage.

El chico encaró al chismoso The boy confronted the gossiper.

La lucha nos encara todos los días Struggle confronts us every day.

2 to bring face to face (poner frente a frente).

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encarar

► verbo transitivo

1 (afrontar) to face, face up to, confront

2 (arma) to point, aim

3 (poner cara a cara) to face, face up to, confront

► verbo pronominal encararse

1 (situación, problema) to face up (a/con, to)

2 (persona) to stand up (a/con, to)

■ se encaró con el jefe y lo despidieron he stood up to the boss and they fired him

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1. VT

1) [+ problema] to face, face up to, confront

2) [+ dos cosas] to bring face to face

3) [+ arma] to aim, point

2.

VI Cono Sur to fall sick

3.

See:

encararse

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1.

verbo transitivo

1) (enfocar) <tarea> to approach; (afrontar) <desgracia/problema> to face up to; <futuro> to face

2) <piezas> to marry, fit ... together

3) (AmL) <persona> to stand up to

2.

encararse v pron

encararse con alguien — to face up to o stand up to somebody

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= confront, confront.

Ex. A basic understanding in the concept of these libraries was the desire to confront the user with shelved books on entering and while moving through the building.

Ex. Resource sharing in libraries may be a way of confronting the impact of rising prices dictated by a few large publishing corporations.

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* encarar el futuro = face up to + the future.

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1.

verbo transitivo

1) (enfocar) <tarea> to approach; (afrontar) <desgracia/problema> to face up to; <futuro> to face

2) <piezas> to marry, fit ... together

3) (AmL) <persona> to stand up to

2.

encararse v pron

encararse con alguien — to face up to o stand up to somebody

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= confront, confront.

Ex: A basic understanding in the concept of these libraries was the desire to confront the user with shelved books on entering and while moving through the building.

Ex: Resource sharing in libraries may be a way of confronting the impact of rising prices dictated by a few large publishing corporations.

* encarar el futuro = face up to + the future.

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encarar [A1 ]

vt

A (afrontar, enfocar) ‹tarea› to approach

yo encaro el problema desde otro punto de vista I approach the problem from a different angle

hay que encarar el futuro con optimismo we must look to the future with optimism

encaró su desgracia con valentía she faced up to her misfortune with courage

B ‹piezas› to marry, fit … together

C (Méx) ‹persona› to stand up to

■ encararse

v pron

encararse CON algn to face up to o stand up to sb

esta vez se encaró con él y le dijo qué pensaba this time she stood o faced up to him and told him exactly what she thought

se encaró con el jefe para pedirle el aumento he faced up to o confronted the boss and asked for more money

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encarar (conjugate encarar) verbo transitivo
1 (enfocar) ‹tarea› to approach;
(afrontar) ‹desgracia/problema› to face up to;
‹futuro› to face
2 (AmL) ‹persona› to stand up to
encararse verbo pronominal encararse con algn to face up to o stand up to sb
encarar verbo transitivo (un problema, una dificultad) to face (up to): encaró la crisis con sentido del humor, he faced up to the crisis with a sense of humour
'encarar' also found in these entries:
Spanish:
abordar

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encarar

♦ vt

1. [hacer frente a] to confront, to face up to;

hay que encarar la situación con valentía you have to put a brave face on things;

¿usted cómo encararía este asunto? how would you deal with o approach this?

2. [poner frente a frente] to bring face to face

♦ See also the pronominal verb encararse

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encarar

v/t

1 approach

2 desgracia etc face up to

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encarar vt

confrontar: to face, to confront