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Etymology edit

Borrowed from English protect, ultimately from Latin prōtēctus (covered, protected, defended), perfect passive participle of I cover, protect, defend. Compare Italian proteggere, French protéger, Spanish proteger, Romanian proteja.

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  • IPA(key): [proˈtekti]
  • Rhymes: -ekti
  • Hyphenation: pro‧tek‧ti

Verb edit

protekti (present protektas, past protektis, future protektos, conditional protektus, volitive protektu)

  1. to protect
    Bonŝance, la garaĝo protektis ŝian aŭton kontraŭ la falinta arbo.
    Luckily, the garage protected her car from the fallen tree.

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protekti

  1. plural of protekto