# proteger
## Galician
### Verb

proteger (first-person singular present protejo, first-person singular preterite protegim or protegi, past participle protegido, reintegrationist norm)
* reintegrationist spelling of protexer

#### Conjugation

$^1$Less recommended.

### References

* “proteger” in Dicionário Estraviz de galego (2014).

## Middle French
### Verb

proteger
* to protect

#### Conjugation

* As parler except an extra e is inserted after the final g before a and o.
* Middle French conjugation varies from one text to another. Hence, the following conjugation should be considered as typical, not as exhaustive.

#### Descendants

* French: protéger

## Portuguese
### Etymology

Latin protegere.

### Pronunciation

* (Brazil) IPA: /pɾo.teˈʒe(ʁ)/ [pɾo.teˈʒe(h)]
* (Brazil) IPA: /pɾo.teˈʒe(ʁ)/ [pɾo.teˈʒe(h)]
** (São Paulo) IPA: /pɾo.teˈʒe(ɾ)/
** (Rio de Janeiro) IPA: /pɾo.teˈʒe(ʁ)/ [pɾo.teˈʒe(χ)]
** (Southern Brazil) IPA: /pɾo.teˈʒe(ɻ)/
* (Portugal) IPA: /pɾu.tɨˈʒeɾ/
* (Portugal) IPA: /pɾu.tɨˈʒeɾ/
** (Southern Portugal) IPA: /pɾu.tɨˈʒe.ɾi/
* Hyphenation: pro‧te‧ger

### Verb

proteger (first-person singular present protejo, first-person singular preterite protegi, past participle protegido)
* to protect
* to support

#### Related terms

* protecção, proteção
* protector, protetor
* protectoral, protetoral
* protectório, protetório
* protegido

### Further reading

* “proteger” in Dicionário Aberto based on Novo Diccionário da Língua Portuguesa de Cândido de Figueiredo, 1913
* “proteger”, in Michaelis Dicionário Brasileiro da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), São Paulo: Editora Melhoramentos, 2015–2025
* “proteger”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2025

## Spanish
### Etymology

From Latin protegere.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /pɾoteˈxeɾ/ [pɾo.t̪eˈxeɾ]
* Audio (Colombia):(file)
* Rhymes: -eɾ
* Syllabification: pro‧te‧ger

### Verb

proteger (first-person singular present protejo, first-person singular preterite protegí, past participle protegido)
* to protect, to defend
    Synonym: defender
** 1915, Ricardo Flores Magón, La patria burguesa y la patria universal:Protegernos los pobres, está bien: ése es nuestro deber, esa es la obligación que nos impone la solidaridad. Protegernos los unos a los otros, ayudarnos, defendernos mutuamente, es una necesidad que debemos satisfacer si no queremos ser aniquilados por nuestros señores; pero armarnos, y echarnos unos sobre los otros para defender el bolsillo de nuestros amos, es un crimen de lesa clase, es una felonía que debemos rechazar indignados.(please add an English translation of this quotation)

#### Conjugation

$^1$Mostly obsolete, now mainly used in legal language. $^2$Argentine and Uruguayan voseo prefers the tú form for the present subjunctive.
These forms are generated automatically and may not actually be used. Pronoun usage varies by region.

#### Derived terms

* autoprotegerse
* sobreproteger

#### Related terms

* protección
* proteccionismo
* proteccionista
* protector, protectora
* protectoría
* protectorio, protectoria

### Further reading

* “proteger”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 2024 December 10