defensar

Catalan

Alternative forms

• desfensar (Alghero)

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (Central, Balearic) [də.fənˈsa]
• IPA^(key): (Valencia) [de.fenˈsaɾ]
• Rhymes: -a(ɾ)

Verb

defensar (first-person singular present defenso, first-person singular preterite defensí, past participle defensat); root stress: (Central, Balearic) /ɛ/; (Valencia) /e/

1. to defend

   Synonym: defendre

Conjugation

    Conjugation of defensar (first conjugation)

infinitive			defensar
gerund			defensant
past participle				masculine		feminine
		singular		defensat		defensada
		plural		defensats		defensades
person		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
indicative		jo	tu	ell/ella vostè	nosaltres nós	vosaltres vós	ells/elles vostès
	present	defenso	defenses	defensa	defensem	defenseu	defensen
	imperfect	defensava	defensaves	defensava	defensàvem	defensàveu	defensaven
	future	defensaré	defensaràs	defensarà	defensarem	defensareu	defensaran
	preterite	defensí	defensares	defensà	defensàrem	defensàreu	defensaren
	conditional	defensaria	defensaries	defensaria	defensaríem	defensaríeu	defensarien
subjunctive		jo	tu	ell/ella vostè	nosaltres nós	vosaltres vós	ells/elles vostès
	present	defensi	defensis	defensi	defensem	defenseu	defensin
	imperfect	defensés	defensessis	defensés	defenséssim	defenséssiu	defensessin
imperative		—	tu	vostè	nosaltres	vosaltres vós	vostès
	affirmative	—	defensa	defensi	defensem	defenseu	defensin
	negative (no)	—	no defensis	no defensi	no defensem	no defenseu	no defensin

Further reading

• “defensar” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.

Ido

Etymology

Borrowed from English defense, French défense, German defensiv, Italian difensivo, Spanish defensa, ultimately from Late Latin dēfēnsa, from Latin dēfendere.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /de.fen.ˈsar/, /dɛ.fɛn.ˈsaɾ/

Verb

defensar (present tense defensas, past tense defensis, future tense defensos, imperative defensez, conditional defensus)

1. (transitive) to defend

   Synonym: parear

   Antonym: atakar

Conjugation

    Conjugation of defensar

		present		past		future
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

• defensanto (“defender”)
• defensebla (“defensible, defendable”)
• defensero (“defender”)
• defensiva (“defensive”)
• defenso (“defense”)

 

Portuguese

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin dēfēnsāre (“to defend”). Doublet of defender.

Pronunciation

 

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

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

 

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /dɨ.fẽˈsaɾ/

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /dɨ.fẽˈsaɾ/
  • (Southern Portugal) IPA^(key): /dɨ.fẽˈsa.ɾi/

• Hyphenation: de‧fen‧sar

Verb

defensar (first-person singular present defenso, first-person singular preterite defensei, past participle defensado)

1. to defend

Conjugation

    Conjugation of defensar (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	defensar
Personal	defensar	defensares	defensar	defensarmos	defensardes	defensarem
Gerund
	defensando
Past participle
Masculine	defensado			defensados
Feminine	defensada			defensadas
Indicative
Present	defenso	defensas	defensa	defensamos	defensais	defensam
Imperfect	defensava	defensavas	defensava	defensávamos	defensáveis	defensavam
Preterite	defensei	defensaste	defensou	defensamos1, defensámos2	defensastes	defensaram
Pluperfect	defensara	defensaras	defensara	defensáramos	defensáreis	defensaram
Future	defensarei	defensarás	defensará	defensaremos	defensareis	defensarão
Conditional	defensaria	defensarias	defensaria	defensaríamos	defensaríeis	defensariam
Subjunctive
Present	defense	defenses	defense	defensemos	defenseis	defensem
Imperfect	defensasse	defensasses	defensasse	defensássemos	defensásseis	defensassem
Future	defensar	defensares	defensar	defensarmos	defensardes	defensarem
Imperative
Affirmative		defensa	defense	defensemos	defensai	defensem
Negative (não)		não defenses	não defense	não defensemos	não defenseis	não defensem

¹Brazilian Portuguese.
²European Portuguese.

Spanish

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin dēfēnsāre (“to defend”), from dēfēndō.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /defenˈsaɾ/ [d̪e.fẽnˈsaɾ]
• Rhymes: -aɾ
• Syllabification: de‧fen‧sar

Verb

defensar (first-person singular present defenso, first-person singular preterite defensé, past participle defensado)

1. to defend (Obsolete spelling of defender.)

Conjugation

    Conjugation of defensar (See Appendix:Spanish verbs)

infinitive			defensar
gerund			defensando
past participle				masculine		feminine
		singular		defensado		defensada
		plural		defensados		defensadas
		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	defenso	defensastú defensásvos	defensa	defensamos	defensáis	defensan
	imperfect	defensaba	defensabas	defensaba	defensábamos	defensabais	defensaban
	preterite	defensé	defensaste	defensó	defensamos	defensasteis	defensaron
	future	defensaré	defensarás	defensará	defensaremos	defensaréis	defensarán
	conditional	defensaría	defensarías	defensaría	defensaríamos	defensaríais	defensarían
subjunctive		yo	tú vos	él/ella/ello usted	nosotros nosotras	vosotros vosotras	ellos/ellas ustedes
	present	defense	defensestú defensésvos2	defense	defensemos	defenséis	defensen
	imperfect (ra)	defensara	defensaras	defensara	defensáramos	defensarais	defensaran
	imperfect (se)	defensase	defensases	defensase	defensásemos	defensaseis	defensasen
	future1	defensare	defensares	defensare	defensáremos	defensareis	defensaren
imperative		—	tú vos	usted	nosotros nosotras	vosotros vosotras	ustedes
	affirmative		defensatú defensávos	defense	defensemos	defensad	defensen
	negative		no defenses	no defense	no defensemos	no defenséis	no defensen

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

    Selected combined forms of defensar

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 defensar	dative	defensarme	defensarte	defensarle, defensarse	defensarnos	defensaros	defensarles, defensarse
	accusative	defensarme	defensarte	defensarlo, defensarla, defensarse	defensarnos	defensaros	defensarlos, defensarlas, defensarse
with gerund defensando	dative	defensándome	defensándote	defensándole, defensándose	defensándonos	defensándoos	defensándoles, defensándose
	accusative	defensándome	defensándote	defensándolo, defensándola, defensándose	defensándonos	defensándoos	defensándolos, defensándolas, defensándose
with informal second-person singular tú imperative defensa	dative	defénsame	defénsate	defénsale	defénsanos	not used	defénsales
	accusative	defénsame	defénsate	defénsalo, defénsala	defénsanos	not used	defénsalos, defénsalas
with informal second-person singular vos imperative defensá	dative	defensame	defensate	defensale	defensanos	not used	defensales
	accusative	defensame	defensate	defensalo, defensala	defensanos	not used	defensalos, defensalas
with formal second-person singular imperative defense	dative	defénseme	not used	defénsele, defénsese	defénsenos	not used	defénseles
	accusative	defénseme	not used	defénselo, defénsela, defénsese	defénsenos	not used	defénselos, defénselas
with first-person plural imperative defensemos	dative	not used	defensémoste	defensémosle	defensémonos	defensémoos	defensémosles
	accusative	not used	defensémoste	defensémoslo, defensémosla	defensémonos	defensémoos	defensémoslos, defensémoslas
with informal second-person plural imperative defensad	dative	defensadme	not used	defensadle	defensadnos	defensaos	defensadles
	accusative	defensadme	not used	defensadlo, defensadla	defensadnos	defensaos	defensadlos, defensadlas
with formal second-person plural imperative defensen	dative	defénsenme	not used	defénsenle	defénsennos	not used	defénsenles, defénsense
	accusative	defénsenme	not used	defénsenlo, defénsenla	defénsennos	not used	defénsenlos, defénsenlas, defénsense

Further reading

• “defensar”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 2024 December 10