Defender

English

Alternative forms

defendor (obsolete)
defendour (obsolete)

Noun

defender ‎(plural defenders)

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

Translations

someone who defends

Belarusian: абаро́нца m ‎(abarónca)
Bulgarian: защи́тник (bg) m ‎(zaštítnik), брани́тел (bg) m ‎(branítel)
Chinese:
Mandarin: 辯護人 (zh), 辩护人 (zh) ‎(biànhùrén), 防守者 (zh) ‎(fángshǒuzhě)
Czech: obránce (cs) m
Danish: forsvar c, forsvarer c
Dutch: verdediger (nl) m, verdedigster (nl) f
Estonian: kaitsja
Finnish: puolustaja (fi)
French: défenseur (fr) m, défenseuse (fr) f
Georgian: დამცველი ‎(damcveli), მცველი ‎(mcveli)
German: Verteidiger (de) m, Verteidigerin (de) f
Hebrew: מָגֵן (he) m ‎(magén), מגנה f ‎(megena)
Hungarian: védő (hu)
Irish: cosantóir m
Italian: difensore (it) m
Japanese: 防衛者 ‎(ほうえいしゃ, hōeisha), 擁護者 (ja) ‎(ようごしゃ, yōgosha)

Korean: 방어자 ‎(bang-eoja), 방위자 ‎(bang-wija)
Latin: tutor m
Macedonian: бранител m ‎(branitel)
Maori: kaiwawao
Norwegian:
Bokmål: forsvarer m
Polish: obrońca (pl) m
Portuguese: defensor (pt) m
Russian: защи́тник (ru) m ‎(zaščítnik), защи́тница (ru) f ‎(zaščítnica)
Serbo-Croatian:
Roman: branitelj (sh) m, braniteljica (sh) f
Slovak: obranca m
Slovene: branilec (sl) m
Swahili: mtetezi (sw)
Swedish: försvarare (sv) c
Turkish: savunucu (tr)
Ukrainian: захисни́к m ‎(zaxysnýk), захисни́ця f ‎(zaxysnýcja)
Uzbek: himoyachi (uz)
Vietnamese: người bảo vệ (vi)

a lawyer

Bulgarian: защи́тник (bg) m ‎(zaštítnik)
Chinese:
Mandarin: 律師 (zh), 律师 (zh) ‎(lǜshī)
Czech: obhájce m
Danish: forsvar c, forsvarer c
Dutch: advocaat voor de verdediging m, f
Finnish: puolustusasianajaja, (puolustus)
Georgian: აპელაციის მოპასუხე ‎(aṗelaciis moṗasuxe), დამცველი ‎(damcveli)
German: Verteidiger (de) m
Italian: difensore (it) m

Japanese: 弁護士 (ja) ‎(べんごし, bengoshi)
Korean: 변호사 (ko) ‎(byeonhosa)
Portuguese: defensor (pt) m
Russian: защи́тник (ru) m ‎(zaščítnik), адвока́т (ru) m ‎(advokát)
Serbo-Croatian:
Roman: odvjetnik (sh) m, odvjetnica (sh) f, advokat (sh) m, f
Slovak: obhajca m
Swahili: mtetezi (sw)
Swedish: försvarare (sv) c
Vietnamese: người bào chữa

a fighter

Czech: obránce (cs) m
Danish: forsvar c, forsvarer c
Dutch: verdediger (nl) m
Finnish: puolustaja (fi)

Portuguese: defensor (pt) m
Russian: защи́тник (ru) m ‎(zaščítnik)
Serbo-Croatian:
Roman: branitelj (sh) m, braniteljica (sh) f
Swahili: mtetezi (sw)
Swedish: försvarare (sv) c

sports term

Albanian: mbrojtës (sq) m
Bulgarian: защи́тник (bg) m ‎(zaštítnik)
Catalan: defensor (ca) m
Chinese:
Mandarin: 後衛 (zh), 后卫 (zh) ‎(hòuwèi)
Czech: obránce (cs) m
Danish: forsvar c, forsvarer c
Dutch: verdediger (nl) m, verdedigster (nl) f
Finnish: puolustaja (fi)
French: défenseur (fr)
German: Verteidiger (de) m
Hebrew: מָגֵן (he) m ‎(magén), מגנה f ‎(megena)
Icelandic: varnarmaður m
Indonesian: bek (id)

Italian: difensore (it) m
Japanese: ディフェンダー ‎(difendā)
Norwegian:
Bokmål: forsvarer m, forsvarsspiller m
Polish: obrońca (pl) m
Portuguese: zagueiro (pt) m, beque (pt) m
Romanian: fundaș (ro) m, apărător (ro) m
Russian: защи́тник (ru) m ‎(zaščítnik)
Serbo-Croatian: branič (sh), bek (sh) m, f
Slovak: obranca m
Swahili: mtetezi (sw)
Swedish: försvarare (sv) c, back (sv) c
Turkish: savunucu (tr)
Ukrainian: захисни́к m ‎(zaxysnýk)

Interlingua

Verb

defender

to defend

Conjugation

Conjugation of “defender”

Nominal forms
Infinitive		defender
		Present	Perfect
Participles		defendente	defendite
Personal forms
		Simple	Perfect
Active voice	Present	defende	ha defendite
	Past	defendeva	habeva defendite
	Future	defendera	habera defendite
	Conditional	defenderea	haberea defendite
	Imperative	defende	--
Passive voice	Present	es defendite	ha essite defendite
	Past	esseva defendite	habeva essite defendite
	Future	essera defendite	habera essite defendite
	Conditional	esserea defendite	haberea essite defendite
	Imperative	sia defendite	--

Ladino

Etymology

From Latin dēfendō, dēfendere.

Verb

defender ‎(Latin spelling)

to prohibit

Portuguese

Etymology

From Old Portuguese defender, from Latin dēfendere, present active infinitive of dēfendō.

Pronunciation

(Portugal) IPA^(key): /dɨ.fẽ.ˈdeɾ/

Verb

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

to defend (repel an attack)
to defend (represent as a legal professional)
(rhetoric) to defend
to support (to back a cause, party etc.)
(sports) to defend (to prevent the opponent from scoring)
(sports, intransitive) to play in defense
(higher education) to formally present a dissertation, thesis or project

Quotations

For usage examples of this term, see Citations:defender.

Conjugation

Conjugation of the Portuguese -er verb defender

	Singular			Plural
Notes:^[edit] This is a regular verb of the -er group. Verbs with this conjugation include: comer, mexer, temer, varrer, vender.
	First-person (eu)	Second-person (tu)	Third-person (ele / ela / você)	First-person (nós)	Second-person (vós)	Third-person (eles / elas / vocês)
Infinitive
Impersonal	defender
Personal	defender	defenderes	defender	defendermos	defenderdes	defenderem
Gerund
	defendendo
Past participle
Masculine	defendido			defendidos
Feminine	defendida			defendidas
Indicative
Present	defendo	defendes	defende	defendemos	defendeis	defendem
Imperfect	defendia	defendias	defendia	defendíamos	defendíeis	defendiam
Preterite	defendi	defendeste	defendeu	defendemos	defendestes	defenderam
Pluperfect	defendera	defenderas	defendera	defendêramos	defendêreis	defenderam
Future	defenderei	defenderás	defenderá	defenderemos	defendereis	defenderão
Conditional
	defenderia	defenderias	defenderia	defenderíamos	defenderíeis	defenderiam
Subjunctive
Present	defenda	defendas	defenda	defendamos	defendais	defendam
Imperfect	defendesse	defendesses	defendesse	defendêssemos	defendêsseis	defendessem
Future	defender	defenderes	defender	defendermos	defenderdes	defenderem
Imperative
Affirmative	-	defende	defenda	defendamos	defendei	defendam
Negative (não)	-	defendas	defenda	defendamos	defendais	defendam

Synonyms

(to repel an attack): defensar (archaic), proteger
(to back a cause): ser a favor de

Related terms

defensível
defensivo
defensor
defensoria
defensório

defendedor
defendente
defendido
defendimento
defendível

Spanish

Etymology

From Latin dēfendere, present active infinitive of dēfendō.

Verb

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

to defend (contra, de - against, from)
to prohibit
to claim

Conjugation

Rule: e becomes ie in stressed syllables.

Conjugation of defender (See Appendix:Spanish verbs)^{edit data}

		singular			plural
infinitive			defender
gerund			defendiendo
past participle				masculine		feminine
		singular		defendido		defendida
		plural		defendidos		defendidas
		1st person	2nd person	3rd person	1st person	2nd person	3rd person
indicative		yo	tú vos	él/ella usted	nosotros nosotras	vosotros vosotras	ellos/ellas ustedes
	present	defiendo	defiendes^tú defendés^{^vos}	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 vos	él/ella usted	nosotros nosotras	vosotros vosotras	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 vos	usted	nosotros nosotras	vosotros vosotras	ustedes
	affirmative		defiende^{^tú} defendé^{^vos}	defienda	defendamos	defended	defiendan
	negative		no defiendas	no defienda	no defendamos	no defendáis	no defiendan

Other verbs with this conjugation:

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Selected combined forms of defender^{edit data}

These forms are generated automatically and may not be attested. Pronoun usage varies by region.

		singular			plural
		1st person	2nd person	3rd person	1st person	2nd person	3rd person
with infinitive defender
	dative	defenderme	defenderte, defenderle	defenderle, defenderse	defendernos	defenderos, defenderles	defenderles, defenderse
	accusative	defenderme	defenderte, defenderlo, defenderla	defenderlo, defenderla, defenderse	defendernos	defenderos, defenderlos, defenderlas	defenderlos, defenderlas, defenderse

with gerund defendiendo
	dative	defendiéndome	defendiéndote, defendiéndole	defendiéndole, defendiéndose	defendiéndonos	defendiéndoos, defendiéndoles	defendiéndoles, defendiéndose
	accusative	defendiéndome	defendiéndote, defendiéndolo, defendiéndola	defendiéndolo, defendiéndola, defendiéndose	defendiéndonos	defendiéndoos, defendiéndolos, defendiéndolas	defendiéndolos, defendiéndolas, defendiéndose

with informal second-person singular imperative defiende
	dative	defiéndeme	defiéndete, defiéndele	defiéndele	defiéndenos	defiéndeos, defiéndeles	defiéndeles
	accusative	defiéndeme	defiéndete, defiéndelo, defiéndela	defiéndelo, defiéndela	defiéndenos	defiéndeos, defiéndelos, defiéndelas	defiéndelos, defiéndelas

with formal second-person singular imperative defienda
	dative	defiéndame	defiéndate, defiéndale	defiéndale, defiéndase	defiéndanos	defiéndales	defiéndales, defiéndase
	accusative	defiéndame	defiéndate, defiéndalo, defiéndala	defiéndalo, defiéndala, defiéndase	defiéndanos	defiéndalos, defiéndalas	defiéndalos, defiéndalas, defiéndase

with first-person plural imperative defendamos
	dative	not used	defendámosle	defendámosle	defendámonos	defendámosles	defendámosles
	accusative	not used	defendámoslo, defendámosla	defendámoslo, defendámosla	defendámonos	defendámoslos, defendámoslas	defendámoslos, defendámoslas

with informal second-person plural imperative defended
	dative	defendedme	defendedle	defendedle	defendednos	defendeos, defendedles	defendedles
	accusative	defendedme	defendedlo, defendedla	defendedlo, defendedla	defendednos	defendeos, defendedlos, defendedlas	defendedlos, defendedlas

with formal second-person plural imperative defiendan
	dative	defiéndanme	defiéndante, defiéndanle	defiéndanle, defiéndanse	defiéndanos	defiéndanles	defiéndanles, defiéndanse
	accusative	defiéndanme	defiéndante, defiéndanlo, defiéndanla	defiéndanlo, defiéndanla, defiéndanse	defiéndanos	defiéndanlos, defiéndanlas	defiéndanlos, defiéndanlas, defiéndanse

Synonyms

Related terms

defendedor, defenderora
defensa
defensiva
defensivo

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