difenderai

Difenderai is the Italian verb difendere in the second-person singular form of the futuro semplice, meaning "you will defend." It is used when addressing someone informal as "tu" to indicate a future action in which that person will defend something, such as an argument, a position, or a person.

Morphology and conjugation are regular for the -ere verb class. The future tense is formed by adding the endings to the present stem difender-: io difenderò, tu difenderai, lui/lei difenderà, noi difenderemo, voi difenderete, loro difenderanno. The form difenderai specifically marks the second-person singular. The verb’s past participle is difeso, and compound tenses use avere as the auxiliary (e.g., ho difeso).

Usage notes include that difendere can apply to physical protection, defending a stance in debate, or safeguarding rights and people. Difenderai is common in both spoken and written Italian, in contexts ranging from personal promises to formal statements. It often appears in clauses about future actions or intentions, especially in discussions about defending one’s views, reputation, or the rights of others.

Etymology traces difendere to Latin defendere, with Italian phonetic evolution and assimilation of the prefix de- to di- before f. The form difenderai reflects the standard pattern for the futuro semplice of regular -ere verbs, reinforcing its role as a straightforward, regular conjugation used to express future defense or advocacy.