verb/ampaˈɾaɾ/
to safeguard
Synonyms: resguardar
Related: amparador, amparo, desamparar
Inherited from Old Spanish amparar, emparar, from Vulgar Latin *anteparāre (“to prevent”), from Latin ante- + parō, parāre. Compare Portuguese amparar, Catalan emparar, Occitan aparar.