Translations: the word in the other languages
- Afrikaans: verdedig
- Amharic: እና ለመከላከል
- Arabic: الدفاع عن
- Azerbaijani: müdafiə
- Bashkir: яҡлау
- Belarusian: абараняць
- Bulgarian: защити
- Bengali: রক্ষার জন্য
- Bosnian: brani
- Catalan: defensar
- Cebuano: pagpanalipod sa
- Czech: bránit
- Welsh: amddiffyn
- Danish: forsvare
- German: verteidigen
- Greek: υπερασπιστεί
- Esperanto: defendi
- Spanish: defender
- Estonian: kaitsta
- Basque: defendatzeko
- Persian: دفاع از
- Finnish: puolustaa
- French: défendre
- Irish: a chosaint
- Scottish Gaelic: dhìon
- Galician: defender
- Gujarati: કોઈ રન નોંધાયો નહીં
- Hebrew: להגן על
- Hindi: बचाव
- Croatian: braniti
- Haitian: defann
- Hungarian: védd meg
- Armenian: պաշտպանել
- Indonesian: membela
- Icelandic: verja
- Italian: difendere
- Japanese: 守る
- Javanese: defend
- Georgian: დაიცავი
- Kazakh: қорғауға
- Khmer: ការពារ
- Kannada: ರಕ್ಷಿಸಲು
- Korean: 어
- Kyrgyz: коргоого
- Latin: defendere
- Luxembourgish: verdeedegen
- Lao: ປ້ອງກັນ
- Lithuanian: apginti
- Latvian: aizstāvēt
- Malagasy: hiaro
- Mari: аралаш
- Maori: te tiaki
- Macedonian: брани
- Malayalam: പ്രതിരോധിക്കാൻ
- Mongolian: хамгаалах
- Marathi: एकही रन नाही
- Hill Mari: защищаяш
- Malay: mempertahankan
- Maltese: tiddefendi
- Burmese: ကိုခုခံကာကွယ်
- Nepali: रक्षा
- Dutch: verdedigen
- Norwegian: forsvare
- Punjabi: ਬਚਾਅ
- Papiamento: defendé
- Polish: bronić
- Portuguese: defender
- Romanian: apăra
- Russian: защищать
- Sinhalese: ආරක්ෂා
- Slovak: obhajovať
- Slovenian: brani
- Albanian: të mbrojtur
- Serbian: брани
- Sundanese: membela
- Swedish: försvara
- Swahili: kutetea
- Tamil: பாதுகாக்க
- Telugu: రక్షించడానికి
- Tajik: дифоъ
- Thai: ปกป้อง
- Tagalog: ipagtanggol
- Turkish: savunmak
- Tatar: якларга
- Udmurt: утьыны
- Ukrainian: захищати
- Urdu: کا دفاع
- Uzbek: himoya
- Vietnamese: bảo vệ
- Xhosa: ikhusele
- Yiddish: באַשיצן
- Chinese: 保卫
Synonyms, close and similar words for defend
- protect
- secure
- cover
- represent
- fend
- advocate
- champion
- uphold
- stand
- protect oneself
- hold
- keep
- assert
- vindicate
- justify
- shield
- screen
- guard
- safeguard
- fence
- maintain
- support
- bulwark
- fight
- ward
- oppose