In the days of the knights, they wore shields to protect themselves from sword-fight wounds.
Source: tatoeba (20071)
Protect
//pɹəˈtɛkt//
Synonyms for "protect" (118 found)
Ranked by relevance and common usage.
Closest matches (24)
Strong matches (35)
Related words (59)
keep uplend a handlend one aidlookmaintainmake safemake suremaskmindmothermufflenestlenot destroynot endangernot expendnot use upnot wastenurturepatentpatrol
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play safepoliceproffer aidrallyreclaimredeemregisterrelieveremedyrender assistancerescuerestoreresuscitatereviveride shotgun forsafeguardsavescreenset upshadesheltershieldshroudsparestand bysteelsuccorsupportsustaintake care oftake in towtake precautionstendunderwriteupholdvindicatewarehousewatch over
Verb(1 words)
Related word relations
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More general
2 entriesAntonyms
3 entriesSynonyms
7 entriesderived
26 entriesShowing 16 of 26 words.
distinct from
1 entriesetymologically related_to
1 entrieshas context
3 entriesmanner of
2 entriesrelated to
58 entriesShowing 16 of 58 words.
Translations
137 translations across 79 languages.
Albanian
1 entries- mbroj verb (to keep safe)
Arabic
1 entries- حَمَى verb (to keep safe)
Armenian
1 entries- պաշտպանել verb (to keep safe)
Aromanian
1 entries- apãr verb (to keep safe)
Asturian
1 entries- protexer verb (to keep safe)
Azerbaijani
1 entries- qorumaq verb (to keep safe)
Basque
1 entries- babestu verb (to keep safe)
Belarusian
2 entries- абараня́ць verb (to keep safe)
- абарані́ць verb (to keep safe)
Bulgarian
2 entries- защитавам verb (to keep safe)
- предпазвам verb (to keep safe)
Catalan
1 entries- protegir verb (to keep safe)
Central Kurdish
1 entries- پاراستن verb (to keep safe)
Chinese Mandarin
2 entries- 保衛 /保卫 verb (to keep safe)
- 保護 /保护 verb (to keep safe)
Czech
1 entries- chránit verb (to keep safe)
Danish
1 entries- beskytte verb (to keep safe)
Dutch
2 entries- beschermen verb (to keep safe)
- beveiligen verb (to keep safe)
Egyptian
3 entries- m-a:k-Y1V verb (to keep safe)
- nD-nw:D40 verb (to keep safe)
- x:D43-w-Y1V verb (to keep safe)
Esperanto
2 entries- protekti verb (to keep safe)
- ŝirmi verb (to keep safe)
Estonian
1 entries- kaitsma verb (to keep safe)
Finnish
3 entries- suojata verb (to keep safe)
- suojella verb (to keep safe)
- varjella verb (to keep safe)
French
1 entries- protéger verb (to keep safe)
Galician
2 entries- amparar verb (to keep safe)
- protexer verb (to keep safe)
Georgian
3 entries- იფარავს verb (to keep safe)
- იცავს verb (to keep safe)
- მფარველობს verb (to keep safe)
German
2 entries- beschützen verb (to keep safe)
- schützen verb (to keep safe)
Greek
1 entries- προστατεύω verb (to keep safe)
Haitian Creole
1 entries- pwoteje verb (to keep safe)
Hebrew
1 entries- הֵגֵן verb (to keep safe)
Hindi
1 entries- रक्षा करना verb (to keep safe)
Hungarian
4 entries- oltalmaz verb (to keep safe)
- oltalmába vesz verb (to keep safe)
- véd verb (to keep safe)
- óv verb (to keep safe)
Icelandic
1 entries- vernda verb (to keep safe)
Ido
1 entries- protektar verb (to keep safe)
Irish
3 entries- ainic verb (to keep safe)
- caomhnaigh verb (to keep safe)
- cosain verb (to keep safe)
Italian
1 entries- proteggere verb (to keep safe)
Japanese
2 entries- 保護する verb (to keep safe)
- 守る verb (to keep safe)
Khmer
1 entries- គាំពារ verb (to keep safe)
Korean
1 entries- 보호하다 verb (to keep safe)
Lao
2 entries- ປົກປ້ອງ verb (to keep safe)
- ປ້ອງກັນ verb (to keep safe)
Latin
4 entries- colo verb (to keep safe)
- defendo verb (to keep safe)
- munio verb (to keep safe)
- protego verb (to keep safe)
Latvian
1 entries- saudzēt verb (to keep safe)
Lithuanian
2 entries- apsaugoti verb (to keep safe)
- saugoti verb (to keep safe)
Malayalam
1 entries- രക്ഷിയ്ക്കുക verb (to keep safe)
Maore Comorian
1 entries- uhifadhwi verb (to keep safe)
Middle English
4 entries- bergen verb (to keep safe)
- berwen verb (to keep safe)
- beschielden verb (to keep safe)
- bischilden verb (to keep safe)
Mongolian
1 entries- сэргийлэх verb (to keep safe)
Māori
4 entries- kaikaro verb (to keep safe)
- pākaihoko verb (to keep safe)
- rauhī verb (to keep safe)
- whakahaumaru verb (to keep safe)
Navajo
1 entries- bichʼą́ą́h iighááh verb (to keep safe)
Ngazidja Comorian
1 entries- uhifadhwi verb (to keep safe)
Norman
1 entries- protégi verb (to keep safe)
Northern Kurdish
2 entries- parastin verb (to keep safe)
- parêztin verb (to keep safe)
Norwegian
4 entries- beskytte verb (to keep safe)
- dekke verb (to keep safe)
- gardere verb (to keep safe)
- sikre verb (to keep safe)
Occitan
1 entries- protegir verb (to keep safe)
Old English
1 entries- sċildan verb (to keep safe)
Old Irish
3 entries- aingid verb (to keep safe)
- do·eim verb (to keep safe)
- imm·dích verb (to keep safe)
Old Occitan
1 entries- guardar verb (to keep safe)
Ottoman Turkish
1 entries- قوریمق verb (to keep safe)
Persian
1 entries- پاییدن verb (to keep safe)
Polish
1 entries- chronić verb (to keep safe)
Portuguese
1 entries- proteger verb (to keep safe)
Romanian
3 entries- apăra verb (to keep safe)
- ocroti verb (to keep safe)
- proteja verb (to keep safe)
Russian
4 entries- бере́чь verb (to keep safe)
- защити́ть verb (to keep safe)
- защища́ть verb (to keep safe)
- оберега́ть verb (to keep safe)
Sanskrit
1 entries- रक्षति verb (to keep safe)
Scots
1 entries- pertect verb (to keep safe)
Scottish Gaelic
1 entries- dìon verb (to keep safe)
Serbo-Croatian
2 entries- zaštititi verb (to keep safe)
- заштитити verb (to keep safe)
Sikkimese
1 entries- སྐྱོང་བོ verb (to keep safe)
Sindhi
1 entries- رکيا ڪرڻ verb (to keep safe)
Southern Altai
1 entries- корыыр verb (to keep safe)
Spanish
3 entries- captener verb (to keep safe)
- defensar verb (to keep safe)
- proteger verb (to keep safe)
Swahili
2 entries- kukinga verb (to keep safe)
- kulinda verb (to keep safe)
Swedish
2 entries- beskydda verb (to keep safe)
- skydda verb (to keep safe)
Tagalog
1 entries- protektahan verb (to keep safe)
Telugu
1 entries- సంరక్షించు verb (to keep safe)
Thai
3 entries- คุ้มครอง verb (to keep safe)
- ปกป้อง verb (to keep safe)
- ป้องกัน verb (to keep safe)
Tocharian B
1 entries- pāsk verb (to keep safe)
Turkish
1 entries- korumak verb (to keep safe)
Ugaritic
1 entries- 𐎐𐎙𐎗 verb (to keep safe)
Ukrainian
2 entries- захисти́ти verb (to keep safe)
- захища́ти verb (to keep safe)
Uzbek
1 entries- qoʻrimoq verb (to keep safe)
Vietnamese
1 entries- bảo vệ verb (to keep safe)
Welsh
1 entries- amddiffyn verb (to keep safe)
Sample sentences
14 total sentences available.
The most instinctive act of nearly every creature is to protect its young, and with humans, this response persists for a lifetime.
Source: tatoeba (33335)
Sunglasses protect our eyes from the sun.
Source: tatoeba (53936)
This means that if you try to protect yourself too much, you will only make bigger mistakes.
Source: tatoeba (55970)
Showing 4 of 14 available sentences.
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