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Glossary entry

Portuguese term or phrase:

afrontado

English translation:

affronted

Added to glossary by Tania Pires
Dec 10, 2013 14:24
10 yrs ago
Portuguese term

afrontado

Portuguese to English Art/Literary History Museum
'um grifo afrontado enquadra um motivo central de folhas'; 'A representação dos grifos afrontados aparece em estatuária militar'; 'os grifos aparecem afrontados a um pequeno colunelo'

I'm looking for the proper term for this. I think it's when something appears in relief in relation to the rest of the painting. At the front of everything else.

Thanks in advance for your help!
Proposed translations (English)
4 +4 affronted
4 +1 embossed, in relief
3 outraged

Discussion

rir Dec 10, 2013:
yes Gilla thanks, face-to-face or 'facing each other' was what occurred to me too, although affronted can also be used to express insulted/offended/angry
Tania Pires (asker) Dec 10, 2013:
Thanks Gilla! I was beginning to have doubts, since I don't have any pics, although I knew it had to be related with their position. I decided to choose 'affronted' since it appears in many related websites.
Evans (X) Dec 10, 2013:
Coming a little late to this. It refers to the position of the griffins, facing one another, face-to-face. It is a common way of representing creatures in a lot of different cultures and was particularly common in heraldry. It does not refer to them being in relief, even if they often would be depicted in this way.
Tania Pires (asker) Dec 10, 2013:
Obrigada rir Foi exatamente o que pensei!
rir Dec 10, 2013:
affronted no caso de duvidas, expressa tanto a posicao frente a frente (enfrentados), como a expressao de ofendidos/irados/afrontados.
http://www.infopedia.pt/ingles-portugues/affronted
http://www.blasoneshispanos.com/Heraldica/HeraldicaGentilici...
http://www.arquivoltas.com/22-Francia/22-Moissac09.htm
Tania Pires (asker) Dec 10, 2013:
Would have been a choice but it doesn't make sense I don't have any pics, but I've looked around the internet and I immediately thought it could be facing each other or something, but it doesn't make sense in some sentences.
Then I noticed that in many paintings Griffins appear in relief in relation to everything else in the painting. That would make sense.
It's the only explanation I can find to some of the sentences...
Verginia Ophof Dec 10, 2013:
is this what you are looking for ? "Faced", meaning, synonyms, antonyms, and related searches glossaries
"Fronted"
Masculine singular participle of the verb "address".
Meaning of "faced"
fronted , da

adj. . s and Heraldic . [ Figure or part ] in position reciprocal and placed face to face with another :
look at the Lions faced the shield .

Proposed translations

+4
53 mins
Selected

affronted

affronted griffins
https://www.pinterest.com/puredragon/ancient-idols-and-figur...


http://www.infopedia.pt/portugues-ingles/afrontado

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Note added at 1 hr (2013-12-10 15:25:43 GMT)
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http://www.green-man-of-cercles.org/articles/some_varieties_...

penso que se refere a expressao/posicao do grifo
Note from asker:
Obrigada rir! Acho que é isto! Pensava que "affronted" queria dizer outra coisa, mas afinal também se usa neste caso.
Peer comment(s):
agree Evans (X) : Yes, although it is also simply called 'facing' or 'face-to-face', except in specifically heraldic texts, in which 'affronted' would be correct.
1 hr
thanks!
agree Marlene Curtis
1 hr
agree Catarina Lopes
4 hrs
agree Muriel Vasconcellos : While 'affronted' is correct, most readers would think it was a mistake, so 'facing' might be safer.
5 hrs
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4 KudoZ points awarded for this answer. Comment: "Obrigada!"
21 mins

outraged

an outraged Griffin
Reference:

http://www.dicio.com.br/afrontado/

Note from asker:
Thanks Verginia, but in this case I don't think it's that. I think this 'afrontado' is related to the Griffin's position in the painting.
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+1
51 mins

embossed, in relief


My suggestions.
Note from asker:
Thanks Marlene!
Peer comment(s):
agree Verginia Ophof
18 mins
Thanks!
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