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desafiando

challenging, defying

→ desafiar
verb · present tense Rare #53,688
challenging, defying The -ando form is used with estar for an ongoing action, or on its own to describe an accompanying action.
SP: Está desafiando las reglas.
EN: He is challenging the rules.
Conjugation of desafiar
Present
desafiando

Me está desafiando.

He's challenging me.

— Viaje a las estrellas II: La ira de Khan (1982)

¿Acaso piensas que ese idiota me está desafiando?

Do you think that idiot is challenging me?

— El Auto De La Compadecida (2000)

Se sentó, desafiando órdenes, No puedo leer esto.

He sat down, defying orders, "I can't read this."

— El Paciente Inglés (1996)

Ella dice que el paria continúa desafiando el camino de los Tulkun.

She says that the outcast continues to defy the path of the Tulkun.

— Avatar: Fuego y ceniza (2025)