proteger
Spanish, verb/pɾoteˈxeɾ/
proteger is spelled P-R-O-T-E-G-E-R (8 letters) and appears 39 times per million words in written Spanish, the 2,209th most frequent Spanish word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Proteger is a Spanish verb meaning “to protect, to defend” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) defines it as “Resguardar a una persona o cosa de algún evento que pueda causar un daño”.
What does proteger mean in English?
verb
- 1
to protect, to defend
Source: English Wiktionary, Spanish section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Spanish dictionaries define it
verb: 1. Resguardar a una persona o cosa de algún evento que pueda causar un daño. 2. Amparar, favorecer, defender a una persona o cosa.
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 proteger
- protejo first-person present singular
- protegí first-person preterite singular
- protegido participle past
- g-j alternation
- protegiendo gerund
- protegida feminine participle past
- protegidos masculine participle past
- protegidas feminine participle past
- proteges indicative informal present
- protegés indicative informal present
- protege indicative present singular
- protegemos first-person indicative plural
- protegéis indicative plural present
- protegen indicative plural present
- protegía first-person imperfect indicative
- protegías imperfect indicative second-person
- protegíamos first-person imperfect indicative
- protegíais imperfect indicative plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce proteger?
- /pɾoteˈxeɾ/
- [pɾo.t̪eˈxeɾ]
- [pɾot̪eˈxeɾ]
Sources: English Wiktionary, Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to proteger
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is proteger in Spanish?
proteger appears 39 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).