defender
Meanings
Verb
1. to defend, to protect, to hold down
2. to stand up for, to stick up for
3. to uphold
4. to prohibit
5. to claim
6. to fight back (reflexive)
7. to defend oneself, to protect oneself (reflexive)
8. to stand up for oneself, to stick up for oneself (reflexive)
9. to fend off (pronominal)
10. to get by (pronominal)
Examples78
¿Y quién puede defendernos?
And who can defend us?
defender la ley
to uphold the law
Me defiendo hablando inglés.
I can get by in English.
Jonathan Swift me defendería.
Jonathan Swift would defend me.
Me estaba defendiendo.
I was defending myself.
Mike sabe defenderse.
Mike knows how to defend himself.