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amparar

/ampaˈɾaɾ/

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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.