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yo defendía

defended, was defending

→ defender
defend defend, protect + ía imperfect tense: I/he/she
verb · 1st-person singular / 3rd-person singular, imperfect tense Rare #50,730
defended, was defending The imperfect form can describe an ongoing or habitual past action.
SP: Ella defendía a su hermano.
EN: She defended her brother.
Conjugation of defender
Indicative imperfect
SingularPlural
First defendía —
Third defendía —
Subjunctive imperfect
SingularPlural
First defendía —
Third defendía —

Eras tú quien les defendía.

It was you who defended them.

— La maldición de la flor dorada (2006)

Él defendía la fama de la mujer que amaba.

He defended the reputation of the woman he loved.

¿Y yo que te defendía?

And after all the times I stood up for you?

— Nosotros los pobres (1948)

Solo cambié el contenido del sobre con la carta en la que mi marido se defendía.

I only changed the contents of the envelope containing the letter in which my husband defended himself.

— La decisión de partir (2022)

A pesar de su muerte, el espíritu del Wu Shu que él defendía siguió con vida.

Despite his death, the spirit of Wu Shu that he championed lived on.

— El duelo (2006)