This is the 1743rd most frequent Portuguese word.
enfrentamento
"Enfrentamento" means "confrontation" or "facing a challenge."
Enfrentamento is used to denote the act of confronting or dealing directly with the situation.
O enfrentamento da situação exigia coragem.
Facing the situation required courage.
Enfrentamento is used in the context of addressing a systemic issue, specifically urban poverty.
O programa tem como foco o enfrentamento da pobreza urbana.
The program focuses on confronting urban poverty.
Enfrentamento conveys the idea of competition or confrontation between groups, here the teams.