defensor
Portuguese, noun/de.fẽˈsoʁ/
defensor is spelled D-E-F-E-N-S-O-R (8 letters) and appears 16 times per million words in written Portuguese, the 5,076th most frequent Portuguese word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Defensor is a Portuguese masculine noun meaning “defender (someone or something which defends)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “aquele que defende”.
What does defensor mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculinedefender (someone or something which defends)
- 2
masculineadvocate (person who speaks in support of something)
- 3
masculinedefender (a lawyer)
Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Portuguese dictionaries define it
noun: 1. aquele que defende
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 defensor
- defensores plural
- defensora feminine
- defensoras feminine plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce defensor?
- Brazil /de.fẽˈsoʁ/
- Brazil [de.fẽˈsoh]
Sources: English Wiktionary, Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (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 Portuguese?
defensor appears 16 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).