English-Portuguese translations for protect

• proteger
  Para proteger o temos os direitos de autor. Copyright is there to protect software.
  Temos de proteger esses trabalhadores. We must protect these workers.
  Temos também o direito de proteger. We also have a right to protect.
• defender
  A União Europeia tem um modelo social a defender e a perder.The Union has a social model to protect and to lose.
  A segunda prende-se com a necessidade de defender os trabalhadores e, por conseguinte, os postos de trabalho.The second is the need to defend jobs and, hence, protect the workers.
  Todos nós temos muito a receber e a defender na Europa comum. We all have a lot to gain and protect in a common Europe.

Definition of protect

• To keep safe; to defend; to guard; to prevent harm coming to
• To book a passenger on a later flight if there is a chance they will not be able to board their earlier reserved flight

Examples

• to protect a child from danger
• This antivirus package will protect your computer from hackers
• Condoms are designed to protect against sexually-transmitted diseases

Related words

• protected
• protection
• protector
• protective
• protectionism
• protectionist
• protecting
• overprotective
• unprotected