# defendía vs defensiva

> Spanish confusable word pair

## The two words

### defendía
*verb · IPA [d̪efẽn̪ˈd̪ia] · frequency rank #16,550*
Primera persona del singular (yo) del pretérito imperfecto de indicativo de defender o de defenderse.

### defensiva
*adjective · IPA [d̪efẽnˈsiβ̞a] · frequency rank #10,825*
Forma del femenino de defensivo.

## Source
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