defensar

== Catalan == === Alternative forms === desfensar (Alghero) === Pronunciation === IPA(key): (Northern, Balearic, Central) [də.fənˈsa] IPA(key): (Valencia) [de.fenˈsaɾ] IPA(key): (Northwestern) [de.fenˈsa] Rhymes: -a(ɾ) === Verb === defensar (first-person singular present defenso, first-person singular preterite defensí, past participle defensat); root stress: (Northern) /e̞/; (Balearic, Central) /ɛ/; (Northwestern, Valencia) /e/ to defend Synonym: defendre ==== Conjugation ==== ==== Further reading ==== “defensar”, in Diccionari de la llengua catalana [Dictionary of the Catalan Language] (in Catalan), second edition, Institute of Catalan Studies [Catalan: Institut d'Estudis Catalans], April 2007 == Ido == === Etymology === Borrowed from English defense, French défense, German defensiv, Italian difensivo, Spanish defensa, ultimately from Late Latin dēfēnsa, from Latin dēfendere. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /de.fen.ˈsar/, /dɛ.fɛn.ˈsaɾ/ === Verb === defensar (present tense defensas, past tense defensis, future tense defensos, imperative defensez, conditional defensus) (transitive) to defend Synonym: parear Antonym: atakar ==== Conjugation ==== ==== 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) to defend ==== Conjugation ==== === Further reading === “defensar”, in Dicionário Aulete Digital (in Portuguese), Rio de Janeiro: Lexikon Editora Digital, 2008–2026 “defensar”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2026 == Spanish == === Etymology === Borrowed from Latin dēfēnsāre (“to defend”), from dēfēndō. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /defenˈsaɾ/ [d̪e.fẽnˈsaɾ] Rhymes: -aɾ Syllabification: de‧fen‧sar === Verb === defensar (first-person singular present defenso, first-person singular preterite defensé, past participle defensado) (obsolete) synonym of defender (“to defend”) ==== Conjugation ==== === Further reading === “defensar”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8.1, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 15 December 2025