defensar

Catalan

Alternative forms

• desfensar (Alghero)

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (Central, Balearic)
• IPA^(key): (Valencian)
• Rhymes: -a(ɾ)

Verb

defensar (first-person singular present defenso, first-person singular preterite defensí, past participle defensat); root stress: (Central, Balearic) /ɛ/; (Valencian) /e/

1. to defend

   Synonym: defendre

Conjugation

Further reading

• “defensar” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.

Ido

Etymology

Borrowed from English defense, French défense, German defensiv, Italian difensivo, Spanish defensa, ultimately from Latin dēfensa, from Latin dēfendere, present active infinitive of dēfendō.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /de.fen.ˈsar/, /dɛ.fɛn.ˈsaɾ/

Verb

defensar (present tense defensas, past tense defensis, future tense defensos, imperative defensez, conditional defensus)

1. (transitive) to defend

   Synonym: parear

   Antonym: atakar

Conjugation

    Conjugation of defensar

		present		past		future
infinitive		defensar		defensir		defensor
tense		defensas		defensis		defensos
conditional		defensus
imperative		defensez
adjective active participle		defensanta		defensinta		defensonta
adverbial active participle		defensante		defensinte		defensonte
nominal active participle	singular	defensanto		defensinto		defensonto
	plural	defensanti		defensinti		defensonti
adjective passive participle		defensata		defensita		defensota
adverbial passive participle		defensate		defensite		defensote
nominal passive participle	singular	defensato		defensito		defensoto
	plural	defensati		defensiti		defensoti

Derived terms

Portuguese

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin dēfēnsāre (“to defend”). Doublet of defender.

Pronunciation

• Hyphenation: de‧fen‧sar

Verb

defensar (first-person singular present defenso, first-person singular preterite defensei, past participle defensado)

1. to defend

Conjugation

Spanish

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin dēfēnsāre (“to defend”), from dēfēndō.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /defenˈsaɾ/
• Rhymes: -aɾ
• Syllabification: de‧fen‧sar

Verb

defensar (first-person singular present defenso, first-person singular preterite defensé, past participle defensado)

1. to defend (Obsolete spelling of defender)

Conjugation

Further reading

• “defensar”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014