defensa

defensar

to defend (obsolete spelling of defender)

Frequency

B1
Hyphenated as
de‧fen‧sa
Pronounced as (IPA)
/deˈfensa/
Etymology

In summary

Borrowed from Late Latin dēfēnsa (“bounded, defended”), from Latin dēfēnsus. Doublet of dehesa, which was inherited. Cognate with English defense.

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