English-Portuguese translations for fend off

• afastar
  Conjugámos os nossos esforços de forma muito eficaz no combate à crise económica e financeira; o nosso compromisso comum na reunião do G20 e da OMC ajudou a afastar as medidas proteccionistas. We pooled our efforts very effectively in fighting the economic and financial crisis; our joint pledge at the G20 and WTO has helped to fend off protectionist moves.
• repelir

Definition of fend off

• To defend against; to repel with force or effort
• To prevent from running against anything with too much violence

Examples

• They tried citronella to fend off the mosquitos, to no avail.

Related words

• offend
• offender
• offending
• offended
• reoffender
• unoffending
• offending object
• minor offender
• sex offender