defendidas

Defendidas is the feminine plural past participle of the verb defender in Spanish. It functions as an adjective meaning defended or protected and agrees with feminine plural nouns, as in las murallas defendidas or las ciudades defendidas. It can also appear in compound tenses as part of a passive voice construction, for example, las ciudades fueron defendidas.

Etymology and usage: Defendidas derives from Latin defendere, with the typical Romance-language participle suffix -idas. In everyday language, defendidas is used in historical, military, legal, or humanitarian contexts to describe objects, places, or people that have been protected or safeguarded. It can also occur in literary contexts as a descriptive term, as in a phrase like una fortificación defendidas por las tropas, though in such cases the noun and article must agree in gender and number with defendidas.

Related forms: The verb’s other participial forms include defendido (masc. sing.), defendida (fem. sing.), and defendidos/defendidas (masc. pl./fem. pl.). The related noun defensa denotes defense or protection, a common alternative when focusing on the act or concept rather than the state of being defended.

Notes: Defendidas is primarily a grammatical form rather than a standalone concept. It is uncommon as a proper noun or title, unless used as a stylistic choice in branding or naming. Outside of its linguistic use, any specific reference to “Defendidas” would depend on context, and there is no widely recognized entity by that exact name.