defeso
Portuguese
Etymology
Inherited from Old Galician-Portuguese defeso, past participle of defender.
Pronunciation
- (Brazil) IPA(key): /deˈfe.zu/
- (Southern Brazil) IPA(key): /deˈfe.zo/
- (Portugal) IPA(key): /dɨˈfe.zu/
- Hyphenation: de‧fe‧so
Adjective
defeso (feminine defesa, masculine plural defesos, feminine plural defesas)
Further reading
- “defeso”, in Dicionário Aulete Digital (in Portuguese), Rio de Janeiro: Lexikon Editora Digital, 2008–2026
- “defeso”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2026
Spanish
Adjective
defeso (feminine defesa, masculine plural defesos, feminine plural defesas)
Further reading
- “defeso”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8.1, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 15 December 2025