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proteger

/pɾoteˈxeɾ/, [pɾo.t̪eˈxeɾ]

protect, to protect

Gerund: protegiendo

Past Participles

  Masculine Feminine
Singular protegido protegida
Plural protegidos protegidas

Indicative

  Present Imperfect Preterite Future Conditional
yo protejo protegía protegí protegeré protegería
tú proteges protegías protegiste protegerás protegerías
él/ella/Ud. protege protegía protegió protegerá protegería
nosotros protegemos protegíamos protegimos protegeremos protegeríamos
vosotros protegéis protegíais protegisteis protegeréis protegeríais
ellos/ellas/Uds. protegen protegían protegieron protegerán protegerían
vos protegés protegías protegiste protegerás protegerías

Subjunctive

  Present Imperfect (ra) Imperfect (se) Future
yo proteja protegiera protegiese protegiere
tú protejas protegieras protegieses protegieres
él/ella/Ud. proteja protegiera protegiese protegiere
nosotros protejamos protegiéramos protegiésemos protegiéremos
vosotros protejáis protegierais protegieseis protegiereis
ellos/ellas/Uds. protejan protegieran protegiesen protegieren
vos protejás protegieras protegieses protegieres

Imperative

  Affirmative Negative
yo    
tú protege no protejas
Ud. proteja no proteja
nosotros protejamos no protejamos
vosotros proteged no protejáis
Uds. protejan no protejan
vos protegé no protejas

Source: Wiktionary available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike License

Examples

  • Debemos proteger la selva tropical.

    We must protect the rainforest.

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  • El padre entregó su vida para proteger a su hija.

    The father gave his own life in order to save his daughter's.

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  • Creo que es mi deber proteger a estos niños.

    I believe it my duty to protect these children.

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  • Eugenia compartió con nosotras sus aceites favoritos para limpiar la cara y proteger la piel.

    Eugenia shared with us her favorite oils for cleaning the face and protecting the skin.

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  • Ella se puso unas gafas oscuras para proteger sus ojos de los rayos del sol.

    She put on dark glasses to protect her eyes from the sun.

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  • Tom hizo lo que pudo para proteger a Mary.

    Tom did his best to protect Mary.

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  • El acto más instintivo de prácticamente todas las criaturas es el de proteger su descendencia y, con los humanos, esta respuesta persiste durante toda la vida.

    The most instinctive act of nearly every creature is to protect its young, and with humans, this response persists for a lifetime.

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  • Yo puedo proteger a Tom.

    I can protect Tom.

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  • Quiero proteger a Tom.

    I want to protect Tom.

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  • Queremos proteger el mundo que tenemos.

    We want to protect this world we have.

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