defender

English

Alternative forms

• defendor (obsolete)
• defendour (obsolete)

Etymology

to defend + -er

Pronunciation

• Rhymes: -ɛndə(r)

Noun

Wikipedia defender (plural defenders)

1. Someone who defends people or property.
2. (law) A lawyer who represents defendants.
3. A fighter who repels an attack.
4. (sports) One of the players whose primary task is to prevent the opposition from scoring.

Translations

someone who defends

Bulgarian: защитник (bg) m., бранител (bg) m. Croatian: branitelj m., braniteljica f. Dutch: verdediger m., verdedigster f. Finnish: puolustaja (fi) French: défenseur (fr) m. German: Verteidiger (de) m. Hebrew: מגן (magen) m., מגנה (megena) f.

Norwegian: forsvareren Portuguese: defensor (pt) m. Russian: защитник (ru) (zaščítnik) m. Swahili: mtetezi (sw) Swedish: försvarare c. Turkish: savunucu (tr)

a lawyer

Bulgarian: защитник (bg) m. Croatian: odvjetnik (hr) m., odvjetnica (hr) f., advokat (hr) m. and f. Dutch: advocaat voor de verdediging m. and f. Finnish: puolustusasianajaja, (puolustus)

German: Verteidiger (de) m. Russian: защитник (ru) (zaščítnik) m. Swahili: mtetezi (sw) Swedish: försvarare c.

a fighter

Croatian: branitelj m., braniteljica f. Dutch: verdediger (nl) m. Finnish: puolustaja (fi)

Russian: защитник (ru) (zaščítnik) m. Swahili: mtetezi (sw) Swedish: försvarare c.

sports term

Bulgarian: защитник (bg) m. Catalan: defensor (ca) m. Croatian: branič (hr), bek (hr) m. and f. Dutch: verdediger m., verdedigster f. Finnish: puolustaja (fi) French: défenseur (fr) German: Verteidiger (de) m.

Hebrew: מגן (magen) m., מגנה (megena) f. Romanian: fundaș (ro) m., apărător (ro) m. Russian: защитник (ru) (zaščítnik) m. Swahili: mtetezi (sw) Swedish: försvarare c., back c. Turkish: savunucu (tr)

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Ladino

Etymology

From Latin dēfendō, dēfendere.

Verb

defender (Latin spelling)

1. to prohibit

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Spanish

Etymology

From Latin dēfendō, dēfendere.

Verb

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

1. to defend (contra, de - against, from)
2. to prohibit

Conjugation

    Conjugation of defender (See Appendix:Spanish verbs)

Rule: e becomes ie in stressed syllables.

infinitive			defender
gerund			defendiendo
past participle			defendido
		singular			plural
		1st person	2nd person	3rd person	1st person	2nd person	3rd person
indicative		yo	tú	él/ella usted	nosotros	vosotros	ellos/ellas ustedes
	present	defiendo	defiendes	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	él/ella usted	nosotros	vosotros	ellos/ellas ustedes
	present	defienda	defiendas	defienda	defendamos	defendáis	defiendan
	imperfect (ra)	defendiera	defendieras	defendiera	defendiéramos	defendierais	defendieran
	imperfect (se)	defendiese	defendieses	defendiese	defendiésemos	defendieseis	defendiesen
	future	defendiere	defendieres	defendiere	defendiéremos	defendiereis	defendieren
imperative		—	tú	usted	nosotros	vosotros	ustedes
	affirmative		defiende	defienda	defendamos	defended	defiendan
	negative		no defiendas	no defienda	no defendamos	no defendáis	no defiendan

Other verbs with this conjugation:

[+] Spanish verbs ending in -er (conjugation e-ie)

Synonyms

• proteger
• prohibir

Related terms

• defendedor, defenderora
• defensa
• defensivo