Encarar

[laepelba]

My Spanish/English dictionary says that this means "to approach, to face up to, to stand up to, to confront".

RAE says the following:
1. tr. Poner con diversos fines una cosa, un animal, etc., frente a otro.
2. tr. Apuntar, dirigir un arma hacia un lugar. Encarar la saeta, el arcabuz.
3. tr. Hacer frente a un problema, dificultad, etc. U. t. c. prnl.
4. intr. Dicho de una persona: Ponerse cara a cara, enfrente y cerca de otra. U. t. c. prnl.
5. prnl. Dicho de una persona o de un animal: Colocarse frente a otro en actitud violenta o agresiva.

#2 means to direct a weapon toward a certain place.
#3 means to stand up to a problem or a difficulty.
#4 means to do these things (confront, approach, stand up to) face to face with a person.
#5 is similar to #4, but adds aggression to the attitude.

Are my understandings of these correct?

#4 says that it's an intransitive use of the verb. Would you please give me an example of this usage?

I do not understand #1 at all. What does that mean?

Thanks!!

[chileno]

Originally Posted by laepelba

My Spanish/English dictionary says that this means "to approach, to face up to, to stand up to, to confront".

RAE says the following:
1. tr. Poner con diversos fines una cosa, un animal, etc., frente a otro.
2. tr. Apuntar, dirigir un arma hacia un lugar. Encarar la saeta, el arcabuz.
3. tr. Hacer frente a un problema, dificultad, etc. U. t. c. prnl.
4. intr. Dicho de una persona: Ponerse cara a cara, enfrente y cerca de otra. U. t. c. prnl.
5. prnl. Dicho de una persona o de un animal: Colocarse frente a otro en actitud violenta o agresiva.

#2 means to direct a weapon toward a certain place.
#3 means to stand up to a problem or a difficulty.
#4 means to do these things (confront, approach, stand up to) face to face with a person.
#5 is similar to #4, but adds aggression to the attitude.

Are my understandings of these correct?

#4 says that it's an intransitive use of the verb. Would you please give me an example of this usage?

I do not understand #1 at all. What does that mean?

Thanks!!

As to #1 refers: It has the same meaning, to face. It says to put for different purposes a things or an animal in fron of another (facing)

Place that book facing this way.

All of these mean "encarar"

[laepelba]

Thanks, Chileno!!

So are my understandings of the rest okay?

And would you use it in an intransitive way for me so that I can see it? Thanks!

[chileno]

Originally Posted by laepelba

Thanks, Chileno!!

So are my understandings of the rest okay?

And would you use it in an intransitive way for me so that I can see it? Thanks!

You'll have to wait for a other member more qualified and acquainted with grammar to answer.

[Perikles]

For what it's worth, my dictionary gives:

encarar [A1] verbo transitivo
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 (México) ‹persona› to stand up to


nencararse v pron encararse con alguien to face up to o stand up to somebody; 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

[laepelba]

Thanks, both of you!

[Perikles]

Originally Posted by Perikles

nencararse v pron encararse con alguien to face up to o stand up to somebody;

4. intr. Dicho de una persona: Ponerse cara a cara, enfrente y cerca de otra. U. t. c. prnl.

Surely this must be intransitive, i.e. having no direct object, when encararse con alguien

[laepelba]

That's sort of what I was thinking. Maybe a question for Irma?

[Perikles]

Originally Posted by laepelba

That's sort of what I was thinking. Maybe a question for Irma?

I've just worked out that U. t. c. prnl. means also used as a prnl. but I'm not sure whether that helps me. Dang.

[laepelba]

Originally Posted by Perikles

I've just worked out that U. t. c. prnl. means also used as a prnl. but I'm not sure whether that helps me. Dang.

Right - I had that. And that seems to be closely related to #5. It seems to me that when it's pronomial, it is "up close and personal" ... even aggressive/violent...