"defensa" meaning in Catalan

See defensa in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Noun

IPA: [dəˈfɛn.sə] [Central], [dəˈfən.sə] [Balearic], [deˈfen.sa] [Valencia] Audio: LL-Q7026 (cat)-Marvives-defensa.wav Forms: defenses [plural]
Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *de Proto-Italic *dē Latin dē Latin dē- Proto-Indo-European *gʷʰen- Proto-Indo-European *dʰeh₁- Proto-Indo-European *-dʰh₁eti Proto-Indo-European *gʷʰéndʰh₁eti Proto-Italic *hʷendō Proto-Italic *fendō Latin *fendō Latin dēfendō Proto-Indo-European *-tós Proto-Italic *-sos Latin -sa Late Latin dēfēnsalbor. Catalan defensa Learned borrowing from Late Latin dēfēnsa. Etymology templates: {{etymon|ca|:lbor|la-lat:dēfēnsa|tree=1}} Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *de Proto-Italic *dē Latin dē Latin dē- Proto-Indo-European *gʷʰen- Proto-Indo-European *dʰeh₁- Proto-Indo-European *-dʰh₁eti Proto-Indo-European *gʷʰéndʰh₁eti Proto-Italic *hʷendō Proto-Italic *fendō Latin *fendō Latin dēfendō Proto-Indo-European *-tós Proto-Italic *-sos Latin -sa Late Latin dēfēnsalbor. Catalan defensa, {{lbor|ca|la-lat|dēfēnsa}} Learned borrowing from Late Latin dēfēnsa Head templates: {{ca-noun|f}} defensa f (plural defenses)
  1. defense Tags: feminine
    Sense id: en-defensa-ca-noun-Gwt-Ue5d Categories (other): Catalan entries with etymology trees
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 1

Verb

IPA: [dəˈfɛn.sə] [Central], [dəˈfən.sə] [Balearic], [deˈfen.sa] [Valencia] Audio: LL-Q7026 (cat)-Marvives-defensa.wav
Head templates: {{head|ca|verb form}} defensa
  1. inflection of defensar:
    third-person singular present indicative
    Tags: form-of, indicative, present, singular, third-person Form of: defensar
    Sense id: en-defensa-ca-verb-uL2JbEzD Categories (other): Catalan entries with incorrect language header, Pages with entries Disambiguation of Catalan entries with incorrect language header: 1 80 19 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 0 19 1 7 1 1 1 18 0 19 1 0 1 5 4 19 1
  2. inflection of defensar:
    second-person singular imperative
    Tags: form-of, imperative, second-person, singular Form of: defensar
    Sense id: en-defensa-ca-verb-2ydAQkjh
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 2
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