proteger

See also: protéger

Middle French

Verb

proteger

to protect

Conjugation

As parler except an extra e is inserted after the final g before a and o.
Middle French conjugation varies from one text to another. Hence, the following conjugation should be considered as typical, not as exhaustive.

Conjugation of proteger

		simple			compound
infinitive		proteger			avoir protegé
gerund		en protegeant			Use the gerund of avoir followed by the past participle
present participle		protegeant
past participle		protegé
person		singular			plural
person		first	second	third	first	second	third
indicative		ie (may be i' before a vowel)	tu	il	nous	vous	ilz, elles
simple tenses	present	protege	proteges	protege	protegeons	protegez	protegent
	imperfect	protegeois, protegeoys	protegeois, protegeoys	protegeoit, protegeoyt	protegions, protegyons	protegiez, protegyez	protegeoient, protegeoyent
	past historic	protegea	protegeas	protegea	protegeasmes	protegeastes	protegerent
	future	protegerai, protegeray	protegeras	protegera	protegerons	protegerez	protegeront
	conditional	protegerois, protegeroys	protegerois, protegeroys	protegeroit, protegeroyt	protegerions, protegeryons	protegeriez, protegeryez	protegeroient, protegeroyent
compound tenses	present perfect	Use the present tense of avoir followed by the past participle
	pluperfect	Use the imperfect tense of avoir followed by the past participle
	past anterior	Use the past historic tense of avoir followed by the past participle
	future perfect	Use the future tense of avoir followed by the past participle
	conditional perfect	Use the conditional tense of avoir followed by the past participle
subjunctive		que ie	que tu	qu'il	que nous	que vous	qu'ilz, qu'elles
simple tenses	present	protege	proteges	protege	protegeons	protegez	protegent
simple tenses	imperfect	protegeasse	protegeasses	protegeast	protegeassions	protegeassiez	protegeassent
compound tenses	past	Use the present subjunctive of avoir followed by the past participle
compound tenses	pluperfect	Use the imperfect subjunctive of avoir followed by the past participle
imperative		–	tu	–	nous	vous	–
imperative		—	protege	—	protegeons	protegez	—

Portuguese

Etymology

Latin protegere.

Pronunciation

(Portugal) IPA^(key): /pɾu.tɨ.ˈʒeɾ/
(Brazil) IPA^(key): /pɾo.te.ˈʒeɾ/

Verb

proteger ‎(first-person singular present indicative protejo, past participle protegido)

to protect
to support

Conjugation

Conjugation of the Portuguese -er verb proteger

	Singular			Plural
Notes:^[edit] This is a regular verb of the -er group. The last letter g is changed to j, depending on the following vowel, resulting in these four possible sequences: -ja-, -ge-, -gi- and -jo-. Verbs with this conjugation include: eleger, proteger, reger.
	First-person (eu)	Second-person (tu)	Third-person (ele / ela / você)	First-person (nós)	Second-person (vós)	Third-person (eles / elas / vocês)
Infinitive
Impersonal	proteger
Personal	proteger	protegeres	proteger	protegermos	protegerdes	protegerem
Gerund
	protegendo
Past participle
Masculine	protegido			protegidos
Feminine	protegida			protegidas
Indicative
Present	protejo	proteges	protege	protegemos	protegeis	protegem
Imperfect	protegia	protegias	protegia	protegíamos	protegíeis	protegiam
Preterite	protegi	protegeste	protegeu	protegemos	protegestes	protegeram
Pluperfect	protegera	protegeras	protegera	protegêramos	protegêreis	protegeram
Future	protegerei	protegerás	protegerá	protegeremos	protegereis	protegerão
Conditional
	protegeria	protegerias	protegeria	protegeríamos	protegeríeis	protegeriam
Subjunctive
Present	proteja	protejas	proteja	protejamos	protejais	protejam
Imperfect	protegesse	protegesses	protegesse	protegêssemos	protegêsseis	protegessem
Future	proteger	protegeres	proteger	protegermos	protegerdes	protegerem
Imperative
Affirmative	-	protege	proteja	protejamos	protegei	protejam
Negative (não)	-	protejas	proteja	protejamos	protejais	protejam

Related terms

protecção, proteção
protector, protetor
protectoral, protetoral
protectório, protetório
protegido

Spanish

Etymology

Latin protegere.

Pronunciation

(Latin America) IPA^(key): /pɾo.teˈheɾ/
(Castilian) IPA^(key): /pɾo.teˈxeɾ/

Verb

proteger ‎(first-person singular present protejo, first-person singular preterite protegí, past participle protegido)

to protect, to defend

Conjugation

Rule: g becomes a j before a or o.

Conjugation of proteger (See Appendix:Spanish verbs)^{edit data}

		singular			plural
infinitive			proteger
gerund			protegiendo
past participle				masculine		feminine
		singular		protegido		protegida
		plural		protegidos		protegidas
		1st person	2nd person	3rd person	1st person	2nd person	3rd person
indicative		yo	tú vos	él/ella usted	nosotros nosotras	vosotros vosotras	ellos/ellas ustedes
	present	protejo	proteges^tú protegés^{^vos}	protege	protegemos	protegéis	protegen
	imperfect	protegía	protegías	protegía	protegíamos	protegíais	protegían
	preterite	protegí	protegiste	protegió	protegimos	protegisteis	protegieron
	future	protegeré	protegerás	protegerá	protegeremos	protegeréis	protegerán
	conditional	protegería	protegerías	protegería	protegeríamos	protegeríais	protegerían

subjunctive		yo	tú vos	él/ella usted	nosotros nosotras	vosotros vosotras	ellos/ellas ustedes
	present	proteja	protejas	proteja	protejamos	protejáis	protejan
	imperfect (ra)	protegiera	protegieras	protegiera	protegiéramos	protegierais	protegieran
	imperfect (se)	protegiese	protegieses	protegiese	protegiésemos	protegieseis	protegiesen
	future	protegiere	protegieres	protegiere	protegiéremos	protegiereis	protegieren

imperative		—	tú vos	usted	nosotros nosotras	vosotros vosotras	ustedes
	affirmative		protege^{^tú} protegé^{^vos}	proteja	protejamos	proteged	protejan
	negative		no protejas	no proteja	no protejamos	no protejáis	no protejan

Other verbs with this conjugation:

<a class='CategoryTreeLabel CategoryTreeLabelNs14 CategoryTreeLabelCategory' href='/wiki/Category:Spanish_verbs_ending_in_-er_(conjugation_-ger)'>Spanish verbs ending in -er (conjugation -ger)</a>

Selected combined forms of proteger^{edit data}

These forms are generated automatically and may not be attested. Pronoun usage varies by region.

		singular			plural
		1st person	2nd person	3rd person	1st person	2nd person	3rd person
with infinitive proteger
	dative	protegerme	protegerte, protegerle	protegerle, protegerse	protegernos	protegeros, protegerles	protegerles, protegerse
	accusative	protegerme	protegerte, protegerlo, protegerla	protegerlo, protegerla, protegerse	protegernos	protegeros, protegerlos, protegerlas	protegerlos, protegerlas, protegerse

with gerund protegiendo
	dative	protegiéndome	protegiéndote, protegiéndole	protegiéndole, protegiéndose	protegiéndonos	protegiéndoos, protegiéndoles	protegiéndoles, protegiéndose
	accusative	protegiéndome	protegiéndote, protegiéndolo, protegiéndola	protegiéndolo, protegiéndola, protegiéndose	protegiéndonos	protegiéndoos, protegiéndolos, protegiéndolas	protegiéndolos, protegiéndolas, protegiéndose

with informal second-person singular imperative protege
	dative	protegeme	protegete, protegele	protegele	protegenos	protegeos, protegeles	protegeles
	accusative	protegeme	protegete, protegelo, protegela	protegelo, protegela	protegenos	protegeos, protegelos, protegelas	protegelos, protegelas

with formal second-person singular imperative proteja
	dative	protéjame	protéjate, protéjale	protéjale, protéjase	protéjanos	protéjales	protéjales, protéjase
	accusative	protéjame	protéjate, protéjalo, protéjala	protéjalo, protéjala, protéjase	protéjanos	protéjalos, protéjalas	protéjalos, protéjalas, protéjase

with first-person plural imperative protejamos
	dative	not used	protejámosle	protejámosle	protejámonos	protejámosles	protejámosles
	accusative	not used	protejámoslo, protejámosla	protejámoslo, protejámosla	protejámonos	protejámoslos, protejámoslas	protejámoslos, protejámoslas

with informal second-person plural imperative proteged
	dative	protegedme	protegedle	protegedle	protegednos	protegeos, protegedles	protegedles
	accusative	protegedme	protegedlo, protegedla	protegedlo, protegedla	protegednos	protegeos, protegedlos, protegedlas	protegedlos, protegedlas

with formal second-person plural imperative protejan
	dative	protéjanme	protéjante, protéjanle	protéjanle, protéjanse	protéjanos	protéjanles	protéjanles, protéjanse
	accusative	protéjanme	protéjante, protéjanlo, protéjanla	protéjanlo, protéjanla, protéjanse	protéjanos	protéjanlos, protéjanlas	protéjanlos, protéjanlas, protéjanse

Related terms

protección
protector
protectoría
protectorio

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