defender

English

Alternative forms

• defendor, defendour (obsolete)

Etymology

From Middle English defender, deffender, defendere, defendour, defendoure, partly from Anglo-Norman defendour, from Old French defendëor; partly from Middle English defenden + -ere, equivalent to defend +‎ -er.

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /dɪˈfɛndə(ɹ)/

• Audio (US)

  (file)

• Rhymes: -ɛndə(ɹ)

Noun

defender (plural defenders)

1. Someone who defends people or property.
2. (sports) One of the players whose primary task is to prevent the opposition from scoring.
3. A fighter who seeks to repel an attack.

   Synonyms: forefighter, protector

4. (law, rare) A lawyer who represents defendants, especially a public defender; a defense attorney (US) or defence counsel (UK).
   • 1822, Thomas Bayly Howell, A Complete Collection of State Trials and Proceedings for High Treason and Other Crimes and Misdemeanors from the Earliest Period to the Year 1783, page 729:

     There was another protection to which she was intitled by that law, namely, a defender; but she had none.

   • 2007, Barry Krisberg, Susan Marchionna, Christopher Baird, Continuing the Struggle for Justice, →ISBN, page 248:

     So, what is contemplated under this model is that the defender would work with civil legal services lawyers to address the clients' needs.

   • 2010, Henry L. Hecht, Effective Depositions, →ISBN, page 243:

     It puts you at the head of the table, at a right angle to the witness; the court reporter sits to your right, and the defender sits on the witness's far side.

5. (Scots law) A defendant in a civil action.

Derived terms

• ear defender

Translations

someone who defends

• Albanian: mbrojtës (sq) m
• Arabic: مُدَافِع m (mudāfiʕ), مُنَاصِر m (munāṣir)
• Armenian: պաշտպան (hy) (paštpan)
• Azerbaijani: müdafiəçi (az)
• Belarusian: абаро́нца m or f (abarónca), абаро́нец m (abarónjec)
• Bulgarian: защи́тник (bg) m (zaštítnik), защи́тничка f (zaštítnička), защи́тница f (zaštítnica), брани́тел (bg) m (branítel), брани́телка f (branítelka)
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 辯護人／辩护人 (zh) (biànhùrén), 防守者 (zh) (fángshǒuzhě), 捍衛者／捍卫者 (zh) (hànwèizhě)

• Czech: obránce (cs) m, obránkyně (cs) f
• Danish: forsvar c, forsvarer c
• Dutch: verdediger (nl) m, verdedigster (nl) f
• Estonian: kaitsja
• Finnish: puolustaja (fi)
• French: défenseur (fr) m, défenseuse (fr) f
• Galician: defensor (gl)
• Georgian: დამცველი (damcveli), მცველი (mcveli)
• German: Verteidiger (de) m, Verteidigerin (de) f
• Greek: υπερασπιστής (el) m (yperaspistís)

  Ancient: παραστάτης m (parastátēs)

• Hebrew: מָגֵן (he) m (magén), מגנה (he) f (megena)
• Hindi: रक्षक (hi) m (rakṣak)
• Hungarian: védő (hu)
• Icelandic: verjandi (is) m
• Irish: cosantóir m
• Italian: difensore (it) m, difenditrice (it) f
• Japanese: 防衛者 (ほうえいしゃ, hōeisha), 擁護者 (ja) (ようごしゃ, yōgosha)
• Kazakh: қорғаушы (qorğauşy)
• Korean: 방어자(防禦者) (bang'eoja), 방위자(防衛者) (bang'wija)
• Kyrgyz: коргоочу (ky) (korgoocu)
• Latin: dēfensor m, tutor m
• Latvian: aizstāvis m, aizstāve f
• Lithuanian: gynėjas m, gynėja f
• Macedonian: бранител m (branitel), бранителка f (branitelka)
• Maori: kaiwawao
• Mongolian:

  Cyrillic: хамгаалагч (mn) (xamgaalagč)

• Norwegian:

  Bokmål: forsvarer m

• Persian:

  Iranian Persian: حامی (fa) (hâmi), پَدافَنْدْگَر (padâfandgar), مُحافِظ (fa) (mohâfez), مُدافِع (fa) (modâfe')

• Polish: obrońca (pl) m, obrończyni f
• Portuguese: defensor (pt) m, defensora f
• Romanian: apărător (ro) m, apărătoare (ro) f
• Russian: защи́тник (ru) m (zaščítnik), защи́тница (ru) f (zaščítnica)
• Serbo-Croatian:

  Cyrillic: бра̀нитељ m, бранитѐљица f

  Roman: brànitelj (sh) m, branitèljica (sh) f

• Slovak: obranca m, obrankyňa f
• Slovene: branilec (sl) m, branilka f
• Spanish: defensor (es) m, defensora f
• Swahili: mtetezi (sw)
• Swedish: försvarare (sv) c
• Tajik: мудофиакунанда (mudofiakunanda), ҳимоякунанда (himoyakunanda), ҳомӣ (homī), ҳимоятгар (himoyatgar)
• Tatar: саклаучы (tt) (saqlawçı)
• Turkish: savunucu (tr)
• Turkmen: goragçy
• Ukrainian: захисни́к m (zaxysnýk), захисни́ця f (zaxysnýcja)
• Urdu: مُحافِظ m (muhāfiz), مُدافِع m (mudāfi')
• Uyghur: قوغدىغۇچى (qoghdighuchi)
• Uzbek: himoyachi (uz), himoya (uz)
• Vietnamese: người bảo vệ (vi)

a fighter

• Czech: obránce (cs) m
• Danish: forsvar c, forsvarer c
• Dutch: verdediger (nl) m
• Finnish: puolustaja (fi)
• Portuguese: defensor (pt) m
• Russian: защи́тник (ru) m (zaščítnik)
• Serbo-Croatian:

  Cyrillic: бра̀нитељ m, бранитѐљица f

  Roman: brànitelj (sh) m, branitèljica (sh) f

• Swahili: mtetezi (sw)
• Swedish: försvarare (sv) c

sports term

• Albanian: mbrojtës (sq) m
• Arabic: مُدَافِع m (mudāfiʕ)
• Armenian: պաշտպան (hy) (paštpan)
• Bulgarian: защи́тник (bg) m (zaštítnik)
• Catalan: defensor (ca) m
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 後衛／后卫 (zh) (hòuwèi)

• Czech: obránce (cs) m
• Danish: forsvar c, forsvarer c
• Dutch: verdediger (nl) m, verdedigster (nl) f
• Finnish: puolustaja (fi)
• French: défenseur (fr)
• German: Verteidiger (de) m
• Hebrew: מָגֵן (he) m (magén), מגנה (he) f (megena)
• Hungarian: hátvéd (hu)
• Icelandic: varnarmaður m
• Indonesian: bek (id)
• Italian: difensore (it) m
• Japanese: ディフェンダー (difendā)
• Ladin: pech m
• Latvian: aizsargs m, aizsardze f
• Norwegian:

  Bokmål: forsvarer m, forsvarsspiller m

  Nynorsk: forsvarsspelar m

• Persian: مدافع (fa) (modâfe')
• Polish: obrońca (pl) m
• Portuguese: zagueiro (pt) m, beque (pt) m
• Romanian: fundaș (ro) m, apărător (ro) m
• Russian: защи́тник (ru) m (zaščítnik)
• Serbo-Croatian:

  Cyrillic: бра̀нӣч m, бе̏к m or f

  Roman: brànīč (sh), bȅk (sh) m or f

• Slovak: obranca m
• Swahili: mtetezi (sw), difenda
• Swedish: försvarare (sv) c, back (sv) c
• Tajik: ҳимоятгар (himoyatgar)
• Turkish: savunucu (tr)
• Ukrainian: захисни́к m (zaxysnýk)
• Vietnamese: hậu vệ (vi)

public defender — see public defender

Anagrams

• fendered, redefend

Galician

Etymology 1

From Old Galician-Portuguese defender, from Latin dēfendere.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [defenˈdeɾ]

Verb

defender (first-person singular present defendo, first-person singular preterite defendín, past participle defendido)

1. (transitive) to defend

   Synonyms: amparar, protexer

2. (transitive) to care
3. (takes a reflexive pronoun) to defend oneself
   • 1934, Castelao, Os dous de sempre, page 127:

     […] os empregados non se deixan asoballar pola súa maldade, e o mesmo porteiro deprendeu a poñerlle cara de can. Somente Pedro é un manteiguiñas, incapaz de defenderse. A covardía do xefe cabalga na covardía de Pedro, para locí-las arroutadas que non é quen de descargar no lombo dos outros. Pedro sofre en silenzo; pero cóme-no as xenreiras, e non pode ollá-la cara daquel home sen desexarlle a morte.

     […] employees don't allow him to humiliate them with his meanness, and even the doorman learnt to put an angry face for him. But Pedro is a poor thing, unable to defend himself. The boss' cowardice rides Pedro's, to show off the outbursts that he is incapable of discharging over other's shoulders. Pedro suffers in silence; but spite eats him, and he can't watch that man's face without wishing him death.

4. (takes a reflexive pronoun) to be able or capable
5. (archaic) to forbid, prohibit, impede
   • 1390, J. L. Pensado Tomé, editor, Os Miragres de Santiago, Madrid: C.S.I.C., page 19:

     Et el vianos asi tristes, defendeonos que o nõ fosemos

     And he, seeing us so sad, forbade us to feel like this

Conjugation

    Conjugation of defender

	Singular			Plural
	First-person (eu)	Second-person (ti)	Third-person (el / ela / Vde.)	First-person (nós)	Second-person (vós)	Third-person (eles / elas / Vdes.)
Infinitive
Impersonal	defender
Personal	defender	defenderes	defender	defendermos	defenderdes	defenderen
Gerund
	defendendo
Past participle
Masculine	defendido			defendidos
Feminine	defendida			defendidas
Indicative
Present	defendo	defendes	defende	defendemos	defendedes	defenden
Imperfect	defendía	defendías	defendía	defendiamos	defendiades	defendían
Preterite	defendín	defendiches	defendeu	defendemos	defendestes	defenderon
Pluperfect	defendera	defenderas	defendera	defenderamos	defenderades	defenderan
Future	defenderei	defenderás	defenderá	defenderemos	defenderedes	defenderán
Conditional	defendería	defenderías	defendería	defenderiamos	defenderiades	defenderían
Subjunctive
Present	defenda	defendas	defenda	defendamos	defendades	defendan
Imperfect	defendese	defendeses	defendese	defendésemos	defendésedes	defendesen
Future	defender	defenderes	defender	defendermos	defenderdes	defenderen
Imperative
Affirmative		defende	defenda	defendamos	defendede	defendan
Negative (non)		non defendas	non defenda	non defendamos	non defendades	non defendan

    Reintegrated conjugation of defender (See Appendix:Reintegrationism)

	Singular			Plural
	First-person (eu)	Second-person (ti / tu)	Third-person (ele / ela / você)	First-person (nós)	Second-person (vós)	Third-person (eles / elas / vocês)
Infinitive
Impersonal	defender
Personal	defender	defenderes	defender	defendermos	defenderdes	defenderem
Gerund
	defendendo
Past participle
Masculine	defendido			defendidos
Feminine	defendida			defendidas
Indicative
Present	defendo	defendes	defende	defendemos	defendedes, defendeis	defendem
Imperfect	defendia	defendias	defendia	defendíamos	defendíades, defendíeis, defendíais1	defendiam
Preterite	defendim, defendi	defendeste, defendeche1	defendeu	defendemos	defendestes	defendêrom, defenderam
Pluperfect	defendera	defenderas	defendera	defendêramos	defendêrades, defendêreis, defendêrais1	defenderam
Future	defenderei	defenderás	defenderá	defenderemos	defenderedes, defendereis	defenderám, defenderão
Conditional	defenderia	defenderias	defenderia	defenderíamos	defenderíades, defenderíeis, defenderíais1	defenderiam
Subjunctive
Present	defenda	defendas	defenda	defendamos	defendades, defendais	defendam
Imperfect	defendesse	defendesses	defendesse	defendêssemos	defendêssedes, defendêsseis	defendessem
Future	defender	defenderes	defender	defendermos	defenderdes	defenderem
Imperative
Affirmative		defende	defenda	defendamos	defendede, defendei	defendam
Negative (nom)		nom defendas	nom defenda	nom defendamos	nom defendades, nom defendais	nom defendam

¹Less recommended.

Related terms

• defensa
• defensivo
• defensor

 

Etymology 2

From de- +‎ fender.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [defenˈdeɾ]

Verb

defender (first-person singular present defendo, first-person singular preterite defendín, past participle defendido)

1. (transitive) to plough

Conjugation

    Conjugation of defender

	Singular			Plural
	First-person (eu)	Second-person (ti)	Third-person (el / ela / Vde.)	First-person (nós)	Second-person (vós)	Third-person (eles / elas / Vdes.)
Infinitive
Impersonal	defender
Personal	defender	defenderes	defender	defendermos	defenderdes	defenderen
Gerund
	defendendo
Past participle
Masculine	defendido			defendidos
Feminine	defendida			defendidas
Indicative
Present	defendo	defendes	defende	defendemos	defendedes	defenden
Imperfect	defendía	defendías	defendía	defendiamos	defendiades	defendían
Preterite	defendín	defendiches	defendeu	defendemos	defendestes	defenderon
Pluperfect	defendera	defenderas	defendera	defenderamos	defenderades	defenderan
Future	defenderei	defenderás	defenderá	defenderemos	defenderedes	defenderán
Conditional	defendería	defenderías	defendería	defenderiamos	defenderiades	defenderían
Subjunctive
Present	defenda	defendas	defenda	defendamos	defendades	defendan
Imperfect	defendese	defendeses	defendese	defendésemos	defendésedes	defendesen
Future	defender	defenderes	defender	defendermos	defenderdes	defenderen
Imperative
Affirmative		defende	defenda	defendamos	defendede	defendan
Negative (non)		non defendas	non defenda	non defendamos	non defendades	non defendan

    Reintegrated conjugation of defender (See Appendix:Reintegrationism)

	Singular			Plural
	First-person (eu)	Second-person (ti / tu)	Third-person (ele / ela / você)	First-person (nós)	Second-person (vós)	Third-person (eles / elas / vocês)
Infinitive
Impersonal	defender
Personal	defender	defenderes	defender	defendermos	defenderdes	defenderem
Gerund
	defendendo
Past participle
Masculine	defendido			defendidos
Feminine	defendida			defendidas
Indicative
Present	defendo	defendes	defende	defendemos	defendedes, defendeis	defendem
Imperfect	defendia	defendias	defendia	defendíamos	defendíades, defendíeis, defendíais1	defendiam
Preterite	defendim, defendi	defendeste, defendeche1	defendeu	defendemos	defendestes	defendêrom, defenderam
Pluperfect	defendera	defenderas	defendera	defendêramos	defendêrades, defendêreis, defendêrais1	defenderam
Future	defenderei	defenderás	defenderá	defenderemos	defenderedes, defendereis	defenderám, defenderão
Conditional	defenderia	defenderias	defenderia	defenderíamos	defenderíades, defenderíeis, defenderíais1	defenderiam
Subjunctive
Present	defenda	defendas	defenda	defendamos	defendades, defendais	defendam
Imperfect	defendesse	defendesses	defendesse	defendêssemos	defendêssedes, defendêsseis	defendessem
Future	defender	defenderes	defender	defendermos	defenderdes	defenderem
Imperative
Affirmative		defende	defenda	defendamos	defendede, defendei	defendam
Negative (nom)		nom defendas	nom defenda	nom defendamos	nom defendades, nom defendais	nom defendam

¹Less recommended.

References

• “defender” in Dicionario de Dicionarios do galego medieval, SLI - ILGA 2006–2022.
• “defender” in Xavier Varela Barreiro & Xavier Gómez Guinovart: Corpus Xelmírez - Corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval. SLI / Grupo TALG / ILG, 2006–2018.
• “defender” in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega, SLI - ILGA 2006–2013.
• “defender” in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega. Santiago: ILG.
• “defender” in Álvarez, Rosario (coord.): Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués, Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega.

Interlingua

Verb

defender

1. to defend

Conjugation

    Conjugation of defender

infinitive		defender
participle		present	perfect
		defendente	defendite
active		simple	perfect
	present	defende	ha defendite
	past	defendeva	habeva defendite
	future	defendera	habera defendite
	conditional	defenderea	haberea defendite
	imperative	defende
passive		simple	perfect
	present	es defendite	ha essite defendite
	past	esseva defendite	habeva essite defendite
	future	essera defendite	habera essite defendite
	conditional	esserea defendite	haberea essite defendite
	imperative	sia defendite

Ladino

Etymology

From Latin dēfendō, dēfendere.

Verb

defender (Latin spelling)

1. to prohibit

Portuguese

Etymology

From Old Galician-Portuguese defender, from Latin dēfendere.

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /de.fẽˈde(ʁ)/ [de.fẽˈde(h)]

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /de.fẽˈde(ʁ)/ [de.fẽˈde(h)]
  • (São Paulo) IPA^(key): /de.fẽˈde(ɾ)/
  • (Rio de Janeiro) IPA^(key): /de.fẽˈde(ʁ)/ [de.fẽˈde(χ)]
  • (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /de.fẽˈde(ɻ)/

 

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /dɨ.fẽˈdeɾ/

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /dɨ.fẽˈdeɾ/
  • (Southern Portugal) IPA^(key): /dɨ.fẽˈde.ɾi/

Verb

defender (first-person singular present defendo, first-person singular preterite defendi, past participle defendido)

1. to defend (repel an attack)

   Synonyms: (archaic) defensar, proteger

2. to defend (represent as a legal professional)
3. (rhetoric) to defend
4. to support (to back a cause, party etc.)

   Synonym: ser a favor de

5. (sports) to defend (to prevent the opponent from scoring)
6. (sports, intransitive) to play in defense
7. (higher education) to formally present a dissertation, thesis or project

Conjugation

    Conjugation of defender (See Appendix:Portuguese verbs)

	Singular			Plural
	First-person (eu)	Second-person (tu)	Third-person (ele / ela / você)	First-person (nós)	Second-person (vós)	Third-person (eles / elas / vocês)
Infinitive
Impersonal	defender
Personal	defender	defenderes	defender	defendermos	defenderdes	defenderem
Gerund
	defendendo
Past participle
Masculine	defendido			defendidos
Feminine	defendida			defendidas
Indicative
Present	defendo	defendes	defende	defendemos	defendeis	defendem
Imperfect	defendia	defendias	defendia	defendíamos	defendíeis	defendiam
Preterite	defendi	defendeste	defendeu	defendemos	defendestes	defenderam
Pluperfect	defendera	defenderas	defendera	defendêramos	defendêreis	defenderam
Future	defenderei	defenderás	defenderá	defenderemos	defendereis	defenderão
Conditional	defenderia	defenderias	defenderia	defenderíamos	defenderíeis	defenderiam
Subjunctive
Present	defenda	defendas	defenda	defendamos	defendais	defendam
Imperfect	defendesse	defendesses	defendesse	defendêssemos	defendêsseis	defendessem
Future	defender	defenderes	defender	defendermos	defenderdes	defenderem
Imperative
Affirmative		defende	defenda	defendamos	defendei	defendam
Negative (não)		não defendas	não defenda	não defendamos	não defendais	não defendam

Quotations

For quotations using this term, see Citations:defender.

Related terms

• defendedor
• defendente
• defendido
• defendimento
• defendível
• defensão
• defensar
• defensável
• defensiva
• defensível
• defensivo
• defensor
• defensoria
• defensório
• defesa

 

Spanish

Etymology

From Latin dēfendere. Cognate with English defend.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /defenˈdeɾ/ [d̪e.fẽn̪ˈd̪eɾ]

• Audio (Peru):

  (file)

• Rhymes: -eɾ
• Syllabification: de‧fen‧der

Verb

defender (first-person singular present defiendo, first-person singular preterite defendí, past participle defendido)

1. to defend, to protect, to hold down (contra (“against”), de (“from”))

   Synonym: proteger

2. to stand up for, to stick up for

   ¿Y quién puede defendernos?

   And who can defend us?

3. to uphold

   defender la ley ― to uphold the law

4. to prohibit

   Synonym: prohibir

5. to claim
6. (reflexive) to fight back
7. (reflexive) to defend oneself, to protect oneself
8. (reflexive) to stand up for oneself, to stick up for oneself
9. (takes a reflexive pronoun) to fend off (+ de)
10. (takes a reflexive pronoun) to get by

    Me defiendo hablando inglés.

    I can get by in English.

Conjugation

    Conjugation of defender (e-ie alternation) (See Appendix:Spanish verbs)

infinitive			defender
gerund			defendiendo
past participle				masculine		feminine
		singular		defendido		defendida
		plural		defendidos		defendidas
		singular			plural
		1st person	2nd person	3rd person	1st person	2nd person	3rd person
indicative		yo	tú vos	él/ella/ello usted	nosotros nosotras	vosotros vosotras	ellos/ellas ustedes
	present	defiendo	defiendestú defendésvos	defiende	defendemos	defendéis	defienden
	imperfect	defendía	defendías	defendía	defendíamos	defendíais	defendían
	preterite	defendí	defendiste	defendió	defendimos	defendisteis	defendieron
	future	defenderé	defenderás	defenderá	defenderemos	defenderéis	defenderán
	conditional	defendería	defenderías	defendería	defenderíamos	defenderíais	defenderían
subjunctive		yo	tú vos	él/ella/ello usted	nosotros nosotras	vosotros vosotras	ellos/ellas ustedes
	present	defienda	defiendastú defendásvos2	defienda	defendamos	defendáis	defiendan
	imperfect (ra)	defendiera	defendieras	defendiera	defendiéramos	defendierais	defendieran
	imperfect (se)	defendiese	defendieses	defendiese	defendiésemos	defendieseis	defendiesen
	future1	defendiere	defendieres	defendiere	defendiéremos	defendiereis	defendieren
imperative		—	tú vos	usted	nosotros nosotras	vosotros vosotras	ustedes
	affirmative		defiendetú defendévos	defienda	defendamos	defended	defiendan
	negative		no defiendas	no defienda	no defendamos	no defendáis	no defiendan

¹Mostly obsolete, now mainly used in legal language.
²Argentine and Uruguayan voseo prefers the tú form for the present subjunctive.

    Selected combined forms of defender (e-ie alternation)

These forms are generated automatically and may not actually be used. Pronoun usage varies by region.

		singular			plural
		1st person	2nd person	3rd person	1st person	2nd person	3rd person
with infinitive defender
	dative	defenderme	defenderte	defenderle, defenderse	defendernos	defenderos	defenderles, defenderse
	accusative	defenderme	defenderte	defenderlo, defenderla, defenderse	defendernos	defenderos	defenderlos, defenderlas, defenderse
with gerund defendiendo
	dative	defendiéndome	defendiéndote	defendiéndole, defendiéndose	defendiéndonos	defendiéndoos	defendiéndoles, defendiéndose
	accusative	defendiéndome	defendiéndote	defendiéndolo, defendiéndola, defendiéndose	defendiéndonos	defendiéndoos	defendiéndolos, defendiéndolas, defendiéndose
with informal second-person singular tú imperative defiende
	dative	defiéndeme	defiéndete	defiéndele	defiéndenos	not used	defiéndeles
	accusative	defiéndeme	defiéndete	defiéndelo, defiéndela	defiéndenos	not used	defiéndelos, defiéndelas
with informal second-person singular vos imperative defendé
	dative	defendeme	defendete	defendele	defendenos	not used	defendeles
	accusative	defendeme	defendete	defendelo, defendela	defendenos	not used	defendelos, defendelas
with formal second-person singular imperative defienda
	dative	defiéndame	not used	defiéndale, defiéndase	defiéndanos	not used	defiéndales
	accusative	defiéndame	not used	defiéndalo, defiéndala, defiéndase	defiéndanos	not used	defiéndalos, defiéndalas
with first-person plural imperative defendamos
	dative	not used	defendámoste	defendámosle	defendámonos	defendámoos	defendámosles
	accusative	not used	defendámoste	defendámoslo, defendámosla	defendámonos	defendámoos	defendámoslos, defendámoslas
with informal second-person plural imperative defended
	dative	defendedme	not used	defendedle	defendednos	defendeos	defendedles
	accusative	defendedme	not used	defendedlo, defendedla	defendednos	defendeos	defendedlos, defendedlas
with formal second-person plural imperative defiendan
	dative	defiéndanme	not used	defiéndanle	defiéndannos	not used	defiéndanles, defiéndanse
	accusative	defiéndanme	not used	defiéndanlo, defiéndanla	defiéndannos	not used	defiéndanlos, defiéndanlas, defiéndanse

Derived terms

• autodefenderse

 

Related terms

• defensa
• defensiva
• defensivo
• defensor, defensora

 

Further reading

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