defender
Portuguese, verb/de.fẽˈde(ʁ)/
defender is spelled D-E-F-E-N-D-E-R (8 letters) and appears 47 times per million words in written Portuguese, the 2,013th most frequent Portuguese word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Defender is a Portuguese verb meaning “to defend (repel an attack)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “proteger contra ataque de outros”.
What does defender mean in English?
verb
- 1
to defend (repel an attack)
- 2
to defend (represent as a legal professional)
- 3
to defend
- 4
to support (to back a cause, party etc.)
- 5
to defend (to prevent the opponent from scoring)
- 6
to play in defense
- 7
to formally present a dissertation, thesis or project
Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Portuguese dictionaries define it
verb: 1. proteger contra ataque de outros 2. apresentar uma argumentação em defesa de uma ideia, opinião etc 3. servir como advogado 4. tentar manter o título de campeão numa contenda esportiva
The definition in the Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário), in Portuguese.
Source: Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário), dump of September 1, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org.
Forms of defender
- defendo first-person present singular
- defendi first-person preterite singular
- defendido participle past
- defenderes infinitive second-person singular
- defendermos first-person infinitive plural
- defenderdes infinitive plural second-person
- defenderem infinitive plural third-person
- defendendo gerund
- defendidos masculine participle past
- defendida feminine participle past
- defendidas feminine participle past
- defendes indicative present second-person
- defende indicative present singular
- defendemos first-person indicative plural
- defendeis indicative plural present
- defendem indicative plural present
- defendia first-person imperfect indicative
- defendias imperfect indicative second-person
Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce defender?
- Brazil /de.fẽˈde(ʁ)/
- Brazil [de.fẽˈde(h)]
- /de.fẽˈde(ɾ)/
Sources: English Wiktionary, Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to defender
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is defender in Portuguese?
defender appears 47 times per million words in written Portuguese.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).