defensar
Catalan edit
Alternative forms edit
Pronunciation edit
Verb edit
defensar (first-person singular present defenso, first-person singular preterite defensí, past participle defensat); root stress: (Central, Balearic) /ɛ/; (Valencian) /e/
Conjugation edit
Further reading edit
- “defensar” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.
Ido edit
Etymology edit
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 edit
Verb edit
defensar (present tense defensas, past tense defensis, future tense defensos, imperative defensez, conditional defensus)
- (transitive) to defend
Conjugation edit
present | past | future | |||||
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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 edit
- defensanto (“defender”)
- defensebla (“defensible, defendable”)
- defensero (“defender”)
- defensiva (“defensive”)
- defenso (“defense”)
Portuguese edit
Etymology edit
Borrowed from Latin dēfēnsāre (“to defend”). Doublet of defender.
Pronunciation edit
- Hyphenation: de‧fen‧sar
Verb edit
defensar (first-person singular present defenso, first-person singular preterite defensei, past participle defensado)
- to defend
Conjugation edit
1Brazilian Portuguese.
2European Portuguese.
Spanish edit
Etymology edit
Borrowed from Latin dēfēnsāre (“to defend”), from dēfēndō.
Pronunciation edit
Verb edit
defensar (first-person singular present defenso, first-person singular preterite defensé, past participle defensado)
Conjugation edit
These forms are generated automatically and may not actually be used. Pronoun usage varies by region.
Further reading edit
- “defensar”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014