# protect
## English
### Etymology

Attested in English since 1530, from Latin prōtēctus (“covered, protected”), past participle of prōtegere (“to cover the front, protect”) from prō, prō- (“before, in front of”) +‎ tegere (“to cover”), see tegument. Displaced native Middle English shelden, from Old English sċildan (“to protect,” literally “to shield”).

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /pɹəˈtɛkt/
* Audio (US):(file)
* Rhymes: -ɛkt

### Verb

protect (third-person singular simple present protects, present participle protecting, simple past and past participle protected)
* (ambitransitive) To keep safe; to defend; to guard; to prevent harm coming to.
    to protect a child from danger
    This antivirus package will protect your computer from hackers.
    Condoms are designed to protect against sexually-transmitted diseases.
** 2012 March, William E. Carter, Merri Sue Carter, “The British Longitude Act Reconsidered”, in American Scientist‎, volume 100, number 2, page 87:But was it responsible governance to pass the Longitude Act without other efforts to protect British seamen? Or might it have been subterfuge—a disingenuous attempt to shift attention away from the realities of their life at sea.
* (travel, aviation) To book a passenger on a later flight if there is a chance they will not be able to board their earlier reserved flight.

#### Synonyms

* beshield
* See also Thesaurus:defend

#### Derived terms

* calprotectin
* cardioprotect
* chemoprotect
* chondroprotect
* cryoprotect
* deprotect
* immunoprotect
* neuroprotect
* neuroprotectin
* overprotect
* photoprotect
* protecc
* protectability
* protectable
* protectant
* protectee
* protectible
* protectin
* protection
* protective
* radioprotect
* reprotect
* seroprotect
* shoot and protect
* underprotect
* unprotect

#### Translations

Albanian: mbroj (sq)
Arabic: حَمَى (ḥamā)
Armenian: պաշտպանել (hy) (paštpanel)
Aromanian: apãr
Asturian: protexer
Azerbaijani: qorumaq (az)
Basque: babestu
Belarusian: абараня́ць impf (abaranjácʹ), абарані́ць pf (abaranícʹ)
Bulgarian: предпазвам (bg) (predpazvam), защитавам (bg) (zaštitavam)
Burmese: please add this translation if you can
Catalan: protegir (ca)
Chinese:
Mandarin: 保護 / 保护 (zh) (bǎohù), 保衛 / 保卫 (zh) (bǎowèi)
Czech: chránit (cs)
Danish: beskytte (da)
Dutch: beschermen (nl), beveiligen (nl)
Egyptian: (ḫwj), (mkj), (nḏ)
Esperanto: protekti, ŝirmi
Estonian: kaitsma
Finnish: suojata (fi) (against a concrete threat); suojella (fi), varjella (fi) (against an abstract threat)
French: protéger (fr)
Galician: protexer (gl), amparar (gl)
Georgian:, იცავს (icavs), იფარავს (iparavs), მფარველობს (mparvelobs)
German: schützen (de), beschützen (de)
Greek: προστατεύω (el) (prostatévo)
Haitian Creole: pwoteje
Hebrew: הֵגֵן (he) (hegén)
Hindi: रक्षा करना (rakṣā karnā)
Hungarian: véd (hu), óv (hu), oltalmaz (hu), oltalmába vesz
Icelandic: vernda (is)
Ido: protektar (io)
Irish: caomhnaigh, cosain, ainic
Old Irish: aingid, imm·dích, do·eim
Italian: proteggere (it)
Japanese: 守る (ja) (まもる, mamoru), 保護する (ja) (ほごする, hogo suru)
Khmer: គាំពារ (km) (koam pie)
Korean: 보호하다 (ko) (bohohada)
Kurdish:
Central Kurdish: پاراستن (ckb) (parastin)
Northern Kurdish: parastin (ku), parêztin
Lao: please add this translation if you can
Latin: protego, defendo (la), tutor, tueor, colo, munio (la)
Latvian: saudzēt
Lithuanian: saugoti (lt), apsaugoti
Malayalam: രക്ഷിയ്ക്കുക (rakṣiykkuka)
Maore Comorian: uhifadhwi
Maori: whakangungu, whakaruruhau, whakahaumaru, kaikaro (With a spell), rauhī, pākaihoko (referring to trade)
Middle English: helien, forhelien, bischilden, beschielden, berwen, bergen, mundien, mounden
Mongolian: сэргийлэх (mn) (sergiilex)
Navajo: bichʼą́ą́h naaghá
Ngazidja Comorian: uhifadhwi
Norman: protégi
Norwegian: beskytte, verne, sikre (no), dekke (no), gardere
Occitan: protegir (oc)
Old English: sċildan
Old Occitan: guardar
Persian: پاییدن (fa) (pâyidan)
Polish: chronić (pl)
Portuguese: proteger (pt)
Romanian: proteja (ro), apăra (ro), ocroti (ro)
Russian: защища́ть (ru) impf (zaščiščátʹ), защити́ть (ru) pf (zaščitítʹ), оберега́ть (ru) impf (oberegátʹ), бере́чь (ru) impf (beréčʹ)
Sanskrit: रक्षति (sa) (rakṣati)
Scots: pertect
Scottish Gaelic: dìon
Serbo-Croatian:
Cyrillic: заштитити pf
Roman: zaštititi (sh) pf
Sindhi: رکيا ڪرڻ
Slovak: please add this translation if you can
Spanish: proteger (es), defensar, captener (es)
Swahili: kukinga, kulinda (sw)
Swedish: skydda (sv), beskydda (sv)
Tagalog: protektahan
Telugu: సంరక్షించు (te) (saṁrakṣiñcu)
Thai: ป้องกัน (th) (bpɔ̂ng-gan), คุ้มครอง (th) (kúm-krɔɔng)
Tocharian B: pāsk-
Turkish: korumak (tr)
Ugaritic: 𐎐𐎙𐎗 (nġr)
Ukrainian: захища́ти impf (zaxyščáty), захисти́ти pf (zaxystýty)
Uzbek: qoʻrimoq (uz)
Vietnamese: bảo vệ (vi)
Welsh: amddiffyn (cy) :
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