See defensa in All languages combined, or Wiktionary
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"defensar#Spanish"
]
],
"tags": [
"form-of",
"indicative",
"present",
"singular",
"third-person"
]
},
{
"form_of": [
{
"word": "defensar"
}
],
"glosses": [
"inflection of defensar:",
"second-person singular imperative"
],
"links": [
[
"defensar",
"defensar#Spanish"
]
],
"tags": [
"form-of",
"imperative",
"second-person",
"singular"
]
}
],
"sounds": [
{
"ipa": "/deˈfensa/"
},
{
"ipa": "[d̪eˈfẽn.sa]"
},
{
"rhymes": "-ensa"
}
],
"word": "defensa"
}
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