overprotect

English

Etymology

From over- +‎ protect.

Verb

overprotect (third-person singular simple present overprotects, present participle overprotecting, simple past and past participle overprotected)

1. To protect to an excessive degree; to coddle

Derived terms

• overprotection
• overprotective

Translations

Protect to an excessive degree

• French: surprotéger (fr), hyperprotéger (fr)
• Galician: sobreprotexer
• German: überbehüten
• Portuguese: superproteger f
• Spanish: sobreproteger (es), hiperproteger