defend

Significado (Inglés)

To ward off attacks against; to fight to protect; to guard.
To support by words or writing; to vindicate, talk in favour of.
To make legal defence of; to represent (the accused).
To focus one's energies and talents on preventing opponents from scoring, as opposed to focusing on scoring.
To attempt to retain a title, or attempt to reach the same stage in a competition as one did in the previous instance of that competition.
(slang) To call a raise from the big blind.
(obsolete) To ward off, repel (an attack or attacker).
(obsolete) To prevent, to keep (from doing something).
(obsolete) To prohibit, forbid.

defender

proteger

amparar

propugnar

abogar

apoyar

impedir

oponerse

evitar

sustentar

defender con palabras

refugiar

atajar

atajar el camino

atrancar

bloquear

cercar

controlar

detener

estorbar

obstaculizar

poner obstáculos

privar

prohibir

retener

tener

trancar

salvar

sostener

respaldar

defenderse

derrotar

enfrentarse

luchar

pelear

acaudillar

representar

repeler

entrabar

precaver

prevenir

Frecuencia

Pronunciado como (IPA)

/dɪˈfɛnd/

From Middle English defenden, from Old French defendre, deffendre (Modern French défendre), from Latin dēfendō (“to ward off”), from Proto-Italic *fendō, ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *gʷʰen-. Displaced native Old English bewerian.