desafiar
/desaˈfjaɾ/ verb B2- 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)
Verb forms
- Infinitive
- desafiar
- Gerund
- desafiando
- Past participle
- desafiado
- Present (yo)
- desafío
- Preterite (yo)
- desafié
An irregular verb: some of its forms don’t follow the rules, so learn them by heart.
From the library
Otro animal le cerró el paso; le desafió valiente; le ladró furioso.
Torre que desafía su poder:
Así que sonó la campana, me sumergí en la profundidad y allí, acurrucado, inmóvil e incómodo, desafié impunemente la visita del celador, que, viendo mi lecho vacío, siguió adelante.
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