Polyglot Dictionary

desafiar

/desafiˈaɾ/

verb B2

el (masc.) la (fem.)

Underline = a spelling pattern that usually signals that gender.

V Register Neutral Era Current Frequency Common Domain General Tone Neutral

Forms

present (yo)
desafío
preterite (yo)
desafié
past participle
desafiado

Meaning

  1. to challenge

    • Me desafió a una carrera.

      He challenged me to a race.

V Category Action Concreteness Concrete Agency Voluntary Duration Durative Transitivity Transitive

Similar words

retar

desafiar and retar are close synonyms for "to challenge, dare," interchangeable.

Similar in other languages

Portuguese

impugnar

impugnar is the Portuguese word for the same thing — both mean "to challenge."

Practice

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