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defensar

Portuguese, verb/de.fẽˈsa(ʁ)/

defensar is spelled D-E-F-E-N-S-A-R (8 letters). Defensar is a Portuguese verb meaning “to defend” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “o mesmo que defender”.

What does defensar mean in English?

verb

  1. 1

    to defend

Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How Portuguese dictionaries define it

verb: 1. o mesmo que defender

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 defensar

  • defenso first-person present singular
  • defensei first-person preterite singular
  • defensado participle past
  • defensares infinitive second-person singular
  • defensarmos first-person infinitive plural
  • defensardes infinitive plural second-person
  • defensarem infinitive plural third-person
  • defensando gerund
  • defensados masculine participle past
  • defensada feminine participle past
  • defensadas feminine participle past
  • defensas indicative present second-person
  • defensa indicative present singular
  • defensamos first-person indicative plural
  • defensais indicative plural present
  • defensam indicative plural present
  • defensava first-person imperfect indicative
  • defensavas imperfect indicative second-person

Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).

How do you pronounce defensar?

  • Brazil /de.fẽˈsa(ʁ)/
  • Brazil [de.fẽˈsa(h)]
  • /de.fẽˈsa(ɾ)/

Sources: English Wiktionary, Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.

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