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defensa

/deˈfensa/

noun, feminine/deˈfensa/plural: defensas

defense; retaining wall; bumper

Por eso, los nuevos compañeros de Ismael se mantuvieron silenciosos y prudentes, cuando él estalló en cólera en defensa de una culebra. ¿Qué no haría en defensa del pago, y de su vida misma?

Synonyms: parachoques

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 *-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 o

noun, masculine/deˈfensa/plural: defensas

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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 *-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 o