defensa
Meaning
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- (feminine) defense
- (feminine) retaining wall
- (feminine) bumper
Frequency
Hyphenated as
de‧fen‧sa
Pronounced as (IPA)
/deˈfensa/
Etymology
Borrowed from Late Latin dēfēnsa (“bounded, defended”), from Latin dēfēnsus. Doublet of dehesa, which was inherited. Cognate with English defense.
New
defensar
to defend (Obsolete spelling of defender.)
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Sentences
Se desempeñaba en las posiciones de defensa y centrocampista .
He played in the positions of defender and midfielder.
