le plantarás cara - please explain

Question

Hello,

Can someone please explain the grammar behind the sentence? Is le - an indirect pronoun? or direct pronoun?

Thanks you. Alon

Welcome to SpanishDict, Alon. - rac1, Sep 30, 2017

welcome to the forum, :) - 006595c6, Sep 30, 2017

Answer 1

Le plantarás cara a él/ella

indirect object

but you may hear

le plantarás cara a ellos/ellas

because it kinda works as a lexicalized pronoun ("plantarle cara a alguien"). That means the pronoun is attached to the meaning of the verb (like "vestirse" or "pasarla" in "pasarla bien") and doesn't have to coordinate according regular rules.

Answer 2

In English there is a similar phrase. "to face up" to something or somebody.

Nice one . Be" ridgy didge *, be fair dinkum " " grab the bull by the horns" . "don't squib out" . - ray76, Oct 1, 2017

"confront it" :) - ian-hill, Oct 1, 2017

"square up to" - ian-hill, Oct 1, 2017

Answer 3

100% correct if you add a tiny component of decisiveness or courage. "Plantarle cara a algo" is confronting like in a battle.

Answer 4

Its like saying to confront something

Answer 5

Thanks you, I think your answer helped me figure it out....

y muchas veces te choca de frente con una fuerza imparable que se lo lleva todo .... Y tienes que volver a empezar ... Y el mundo te desafía una vez más a que lo mires de frente ... y tú simplemente le plantarás cara y te harás un poco más valiente, un poco más sabio, con un poco menos de prisa y levantarás la vista para ver más lejos, cambiar de camino......

This is the original part.... so it means 'you will face up/confront to it' and the indirect object le - refers 'to it'. Am I correct?

Thanks

Answer 6

Another question please in that regard:

Le pegó a la pelota de béisbol y marcó un jonrón He hit the baseball and scored a home run.

Le is an indirect object as well? it means 'it' and refers to 'la pelota'.. ? or literally 'he hit to the ball'.

Shouldn't there be a use of direct object pronoun instead? La pegó a la pelota....

I'm confused, please clarify.

Answer 7

I think that there is an unstated direct object in there: Le pegó (un golpe) a la pelota y marcó un jonrón.