desafiar.
to challenge (in a competition)
Meaning & usage
to challenge (in a competition)
to defy, to challenge (e.g. parents, a leader, the status quo)
to brave
to call out (i.e. to criticize or expose)
Where this word comes from
Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *dwóh₁ ▲ Proto-Indo-European *trísinflu. Proto-Indo-European *d(w)is- Proto-Italic *dis- Latin dis- Old Spanish des- Spanish des- Proto-Indo-European *h₂éd Proto-Italic *ad Proto-Italic *ad- Latin ad- Spanish a- Proto-Indo-European *bʰeydʰ- Proto-Indo-European *bʰéydʰeti Proto-Italic *feiðō Latin fīdere Vulgar Latin *fīdāre Old Spanish fiar Spanish fiar Spanish afiar Spanish desafiar From des- + afiar. Compare English defy.
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