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# defend — English to Ukrainian

How English *defend* is translated into Ukrainian in open, checked parallel texts: 5 translations with example sentences.

What it means: [defend in the Elamur Dictionary](https://dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/defend/).

Sentence pairs counted, by form: defend (38). By style: everyday 23 · biblical 15.

## захищатися

Used about 10 times in the texts (everyday ≈ 9 · biblical ≈ 1). Forms: захищай, захищати, захищатися.

- I wasn't able to **defend** myself.
  Я не міг **захищатися**.
  ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by CK and deniko · checked, community translation · [\#6350450](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/6350450) [\#7423848](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/7423848))

- I will add to your days fifteen years. I will deliver you and this city out of the hand of the king of Assyria. I will **defend** this city for my own sake, and for my servant David’s sake.”’”
  І прибавлю тобі віку пятнайцять років; до того вирятую тебе й сей город із потали царя Ассирийського, й **захищати** му сей город задля себе й задля раба мого, Давида.
  ([World English Bible and the Kulish–Puluj Bible (1905)](https://ebible.org/) · World English Bible; Kulish and Puluj 1905; public domain, eBible.org · checked, professional translation · 2KI 20:6)

- I wasn't able to **defend** myself.
  Я не могла **захищатися**.
  ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by CK and deniko · checked, community translation · [\#6350450](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/6350450) [\#7423850](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/7423850))

- She wasn't able to **defend** herself.
  Вона не могла **захищатися**.
  ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by CH and miketheknight · checked, community translation · [\#7382585](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/7382585) [\#7411724](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/7411724))

- Mary has a right to **defend** herself.
  Мері має право **захищатися**.
  ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by CF and deniko · checked, community translation · [\#6424214](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/6424214) [\#7086418](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/7086418))

## захиститися

Used about 6 times in the texts (everyday ≈ 6). Forms: захистити, захиститися.

- I wasn't able to **defend** myself.
  Я не зміг **захиститися**.
  ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by CK and deniko · checked, community translation · [\#6350450](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/6350450) [\#7423851](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/7423851))

- I wasn't able to **defend** myself.
  Я не змогла **захиститися**.
  ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by CK and deniko · checked, community translation · [\#6350450](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/6350450) [\#7423853](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/7423853))

- She wasn't able to **defend** herself.
  Вона не змогла **захиститися**.
  ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by CH and miketheknight · checked, community translation · [\#7382585](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/7382585) [\#7411725](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/7411725))

- Layla tried to **defend** Sami.
  Лейла спробувала **захистити** Самі.
  ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by OsoHombre and deniko · checked, community translation · [\#6064829](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/6064829) [\#7333987](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/7333987))

- Layla tried to **defend** Sami.
  Лейла намагалася **захистити** Самі.
  ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by OsoHombre and deniko · checked, community translation · [\#6064829](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/6064829) [\#7333988](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/7333988))

## захищайся

Used about 3 times in the texts (everyday ≈ 3).

- **Defend** yourself.
  **Захищайся**.
  ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by CK and triantafillou · checked, community translation · [\#2111921](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/2111921) [\#4905363](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/4905363))

- **Defend** yourself!
  **Захищайся**.
  ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by shekitten and triantafillou · checked, community translation · [\#3707724](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/3707724) [\#4905363](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/4905363))

- **Defend** yourselves.
  **Захищайся**.
  ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by CK and triantafillou · checked, community translation · [\#2111920](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/2111920) [\#4905363](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/4905363))

## берегти

Used about 2 times in the texts (biblical ≈ 2).

- ‘For I will **defend** this city to save it, for my own sake and for my servant David’s sake.’”
  Город сей я **берегти** му, щоб урятувати його задля себе й задля раба мого Давида.
  ([World English Bible and the Kulish–Puluj Bible (1905)](https://ebible.org/) · World English Bible; Kulish and Puluj 1905; public domain, eBible.org · checked, professional translation · 2KI 19:34)

- I will deliver you and this city out of the hand of the king of Assyria, and I will **defend** this city.
  Ще ж визволю тебе й сей город із потали в царя Ассирийського, й **берегти** му сей город від нападу.
  ([World English Bible and the Kulish–Puluj Bible (1905)](https://ebible.org/) · World English Bible; Kulish and Puluj 1905; public domain, eBible.org · checked, professional translation · ISA 38:6)

## город

Used about 1 times in the texts (biblical ≈ 1).

- ‘For I will **defend** this city to save it, for my own sake, and for my servant David’s sake.’”
  **Город** сей я боронити буду, щоб його спасти — задля себе й слуги мого Давида.
  ([World English Bible and the Kulish–Puluj Bible (1905)](https://ebible.org/) · World English Bible; Kulish and Puluj 1905; public domain, eBible.org · checked, professional translation · ISA 37:35)

## More sentences

Sentence pairs with the word where no single translation was found: it may be translated by a phrase, or left out.

- We need to teach children how to **defend** themselves.
  Ми маємо навчити дітей захищатись.
  ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by AlanF\_US and Oleksandr\_Tahayev · checked, community translation · [\#3680247](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/3680247) [\#7714619](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/7714619))

- We have a right to **defend** ourselves.
  Ми маємо право на самозахист.
  ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by CM and deniko · checked, community translation · [\#3727029](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/3727029) [\#6445223](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/6445223))

- It's a fort built to **defend** the town from invasion.
  Це форт, що був збудований для захисту міста від вторгнення.
  ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by CM and ChickenKiev · checked, community translation · [\#268876](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/268876) [\#498468](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/498468))

## Grammar

Notes on grammar and translation on Mova: [English grammar](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/docs/languages/en/) · [Ukrainian grammar](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/docs/languages/uk/) · [translating between English and Ukrainian](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/docs/languages/translation/pairs/en-uk/) · [translating from English](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/docs/languages/translation/from-en/) · [translating into Ukrainian](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/docs/languages/translation/into-uk/).

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