Spanish Verb DEFENDER - to defend. Irregular ER family

Spanish Verb DEFENDER: to defend

The Spanish verb defender means 'to defend' and is an irregular Spanish ER verb.

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to defend: defender
Imagine Spanish troops DEFEND the Spanish flag!

VERB CONJUGATION TABLE DEFENDER - to defend
Simple Tenses - Spanish Verb defender
TENSE	yo	tú	él, ella, usted	nosotros	vosotros	ellos, ellas, ustedes
Present Presente defend	defiendo	defiendes	defiende	defendemos	defendéis	defienden
Imperfect Imperfecto defended	defendía	defendías	defendía	defendíamos	defendíais	defendían
Preterit Pretérito defended	defendí	defendiste	defendió	defendimos	defendisteis	defendieron
Future Futuro will defend	defenderé	defenderás	defenderá	defenderemos	defenderéis	defenderán
Conditional Condicional would defend	defendería	defenderías	defendería	defenderíamos	defenderíais	defenderían
Subjunctive Subjuntivo may defend	defienda	defiendas	defienda	defendamos	defendáis	defiendan
Imperfect Subjunctive Imperfecto de Subj. might defend	defendiera	defendieras	defendiera	defendiéramos	defendiereis	defendieran
	defendiese	defendieses	defendiese	defendiésemos	defendieseis	defendiesen
Imperatives Spanish Verb defender - to defend
Imperative Imperativo defend!		¡defiende!	¡defienda!	¡defendamos!	¡defended!	¡defiendan!
Negative Imperative Imperativo Negativo don't defend!		¡no defiendas!	¡no defienda!	¡no defendamos!	¡no defendáis!	¡no defiendan!
Compound Tenses of the Spanish Verb DEFENDER Past Participle: defendido - defended
Present Perfect Perfecto de Indicativo have defended	he defendido	has defendido	ha defendido	hemos defendido	habéis defendido	han defendido
Preterit Perfect Pretérito Anterior had defended	hube defendido	hubiste defendido	hubo defendido	hubimos defendido	hubisteis defendido	hubieron defendido
Past Perfect Pluscuamperfecto had defended	había defendido	habías defendido	había defendido	habíamos defendido	habíais defendido	habían defendido
Present Perfect Subj Presente Perfecto Subj may have defended	haya defendido	hayas defendido	haya defendido	hayamos defendido	hayáis defendido	hayan defendido
Future Perfect Futuro Perfecto will have defended	habré defendido	habrás defendido	habrá defendido	habremos defendido	habréis defendido	habrán defendido
Conditional Perfect Condicional Perfecto would have defended	habría defendido	habrías defendido	habría defendido	habríamos defendido	habríais defendido	habrían defendido
Pluperfect Subjunctive Pluscuamperf. de sbj might have defended	hubiera defendido	hubieras defendido	hubiera defendido	hubiéramos defendido	hubierais defendido	hubieran defendido
	hubiese defendido	hubieses defendido	hubiese defendido	hubiésemos defendido	hubieseis defendido	hubiesen defendido
Progressive Tenses DEFENDER Present Participle: defendiendo - defending
Present Progressive Presente Progressivo am defending	estoy defendiendo	estás defendiendo	está defendiendo	estamos defendiendo	está defendiendo	están defendiendo
Preterit Progressive Pretérito Prog was defending	estuve defendiendo	estuviste defendiendo	estuvo defendiendo	estuvimos defendiendo	estuvisteis defendiendo	estuvieron defendiendo
Imperfect Progressive Imperfecto Prog had been ...ing	estaba defendiendo	estabas defendiendo	estaba defendiendo	estábamos defendiendo	estabais defendiendo	estaban defendiendo
Future Progressive Futuro Perfecto Prog will be ...ing	estaré defendiendo	estarás defendiendo	estará defendiendo	estaremos defendiendo	estaréis defendiendo	estarán defendiendo
Conditional Progressive Condicional perf. prog. would've been ~ing	estaría defendiendo	estarías defendiendo	estabría defendiendo	estaríamos defendiendo	estaríais defendiendo	estarían defendiendo
Subjunctive Progressive Subjuntivo Progressivo may've been ~ing	que ~ defendiendo	que ~ defendiendo	que ~ defendiendo	que ~ defendiendo	que ~ defendiendo	que ~ defendiendo

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MORE about the SPANISH VERB DEFENDER

USING the SPANISH VERB DEFENDER

defender can also mean: to protect, to uphold.
defender a alguien de algo : to defend somebody against something.
defenderse : to defend oneself.

la defensa (nf): defense
las defensas (nfpl): defenses, fender.
defensivo/a: defensive.
el defendido / la defendida (nm/f): defendant.

estar/ponerse a la defensiva: to be/get on the defensive.
salir en defensa de alguien: to come to somebody's defense
defensa personal: self-defense.
me defiendo bastate bien en francés: I can get by quite well in French.

vos replaces tú - you, informal, singular -
- in Argentina, Uruguay, Paraguay and also in some countries of Central America.
Sometimes it also replaces the formal singular 'Usted'.
In irregular ER verbs, the conjugations remain the same as for tú except for the addition of accents in the following tenses:
Presente: vos defendés
Imperativo: ¡defendé!

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