English → Latin
“confront” in Latin
comparōto prepare, get ready, provide, furnish; to compare, match, place together, couple, form into pairscōnferōto bring or collect together, gather; unite, join, connect; to bring or place together or near, set in opposition, opposcontendōto hurry; to stretch, draw tight, make taut, strain; to place together in comparison, compare, contrast
The English word confront itself goes back to Latin frōns, through confronto.
Riddle & Arnold A Copious and Critical English–Latin Lexicon, 1864
confront
to stand opposite to anybody or anything, *exadversus aliquem stare: contra aliquid esse or positum esse: ex adverso positum esse (general terms the former of persons, the latter two of things).
To place or hold together in order to compare, comparare: conferre, contendere, among another, inter se, with anything, alicui rei or cum aliqua re (contendere, however, in poets only and with dative): to be confronted, in contentionis judicium vocari.
To place opposite to anybody, comparare aliquem alicui (to match with another person: e.g., a prize-fighter; Vid: Suet., Calig., 35): or committere aliquem cum aliquo (Tac., Germ., 10, 10): to confront a criminal with anybody else, componere aliquem cum aliquo (Tac. Ann., 15, 51, 4).
Quick answer
- What is the Latin word for confront?
- The usual Latin words for “confront” are comparō, cōnferō, contendō. The right choice depends on the sense; see the distinctions below.
Entry from J. E. Riddle & T. K. Arnold, A Copious and Critical English–Latin Lexicon (rev. C. Anthon, New York: Harper, 1864), digitised by Fergus J. P. Walsh, CC BY-SA 4.0; Latin markup adapted by latindictionary.co.