proteger
Portuguese, verb/pɾo.teˈʒe(ʁ)/
proteger is spelled P-R-O-T-E-G-E-R (8 letters) and appears 68 times per million words in written Portuguese, the 1,429th most frequent Portuguese word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Proteger is a Portuguese verb meaning “to protect” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “defender”.
What does proteger mean in English?
verb
- 1
to protect
- 2
to support
Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Portuguese dictionaries define it
verb: 1. defender 2. preservar
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 proteger
- protejo first-person present singular
- protegi first-person preterite singular
- protegido participle past
- g-j alternation
- protegeres infinitive second-person singular
- protegermos first-person infinitive plural
- protegerdes infinitive plural second-person
- protegerem infinitive plural third-person
- protegendo gerund
- protegidos masculine participle past
- protegida feminine participle past
- protegidas feminine participle past
- proteges indicative present second-person
- protege indicative present singular
- protegemos first-person indicative plural
- protegeis indicative plural present
- protegem indicative plural present
- protegia first-person imperfect indicative
Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce proteger?
- Brazil /pɾo.teˈʒe(ʁ)/
- Brazil [pɾo.teˈʒe(h)]
- /pɾo.teˈʒe(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 proteger
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is proteger in Portuguese?
proteger appears 68 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).