defensor
Spanish, noun/defenˈsoɾ/
defensor is spelled D-E-F-E-N-S-O-R (8 letters) and appears 17 times per million words in written Spanish, the 4,587th most frequent Spanish word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Defensor is a Spanish masculine noun meaning “defender” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) defines it as “Persona que en juicio está encargada de una defensa, y más especialmente la que nombra el juez para defender…”.
What does defensor mean in English?
adjective
- 1
defending
noun
- 1
masculinedefender
- 2
masculineadvocate
Source: English Wiktionary, Spanish section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Spanish dictionaries define it
adjective: 1. Que defiende o protege.
noun: 1. Persona que en juicio está encargada de una defensa, y más especialmente la que nombra el juez para defender los bienes de un concurso, a fin de que sostenga el derecho de los ausentes. 2. En ciertos deportes de conjunto, cada uno de los jugadores que forman la línea defensiva.
The definition in the Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario), in Spanish.
Source: Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario), dump of September 1, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org.
Forms of defensor
- defensora feminine
- defensores masculine plural
- defensoras feminine plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce defensor?
- /defenˈsoɾ/
- [d̪e.fẽnˈsoɾ]
- [d̪efẽnˈsoɾ]
Sources: English Wiktionary, Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to defensor
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is defensor in Spanish?
defensor appears 17 times per million words in written Spanish.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).