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defensa.

defense

7 characters3 syllables approx.Español language

Meaning & usage

noun/deˈfensa/[d̪eˈfẽn.sa]

  1. defense

    feminine

  2. retaining wall

    feminine

  3. bumper

    Canary-Islands · Chile · Colombia · Cuba · Honduras · Mexico · Panama · Peru · Uruguay · feminine
Where this word comes from

Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *de Proto-Indo-European *-h₁ Proto-Indo-European *déh₁ Proto-Italic *dē Latin dē Latin dē- Proto-Indo-European *gʷʰen- Proto-Indo-European *dʰeh₁- Proto-Indo-European *-eti Proto-Indo-European *-dʰh₁eti Proto-Indo-European *-dʰeti Proto-Indo-European *gʷʰéndʰeti Proto-Italic *xʷendō Proto-Italic *fendō Latin *fendō Latin dēfendō Proto-Indo-European *-tós Proto-Italic *-tos Latin -sa Late Latin dēfēnsalbor. Spanish defensa Learned borrowing from Late Latin dēfēnsa (“bounded, defended”), from Latin dēfēnsus. Doublet of dehesa. Cognate with English defense.

noun/deˈfensa/[d̪eˈfẽn.sa]

  1. back

    masculine
Where this word comes from

Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *de Proto-Indo-European *-h₁ Proto-Indo-European *déh₁ Proto-Italic *dē Latin dē Latin dē- Proto-Indo-European *gʷʰen- Proto-Indo-European *dʰeh₁- Proto-Indo-European *-eti Proto-Indo-European *-dʰh₁eti Proto-Indo-European *-dʰeti Proto-Indo-European *gʷʰéndʰeti Proto-Italic *xʷendō Proto-Italic *fendō Latin *fendō Latin dēfendō Proto-Indo-European *-tós Proto-Italic *-tos Latin -sa Late Latin dēfēnsalbor. Spanish defensa Learned borrowing from Late Latin dēfēnsa (“bounded, defended”), from Latin dēfēnsus. Doublet of dehesa. Cognate with English defense.

verb/deˈfensa/[d̪eˈfẽn.sa]

  1. inflection of defensar: third-person singular present indicative

    form-of · indicative · present · singular · third-person

  2. inflection of defensar: second-person singular imperative

    form-of · imperative · second-person · singular
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