Spanish Verb PROTEGER - to protect. Irregular ER family

Spanish Verb PROTEGER: to protect

The Spanish verb proteger means 'to protect' and is an irregular Spanish ER verb.

To remember this, imagine you protect the child PROTÉGÉ!

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to protect: proteger
Imagine you protect the child PROTÉGÉ!

VERB CONJUGATION TABLE PROTEGER - to protect
Simple Tenses - Spanish Verb proteger
TENSE	yo	tú	él, ella, usted	nosotros	vosotros	ellos, ellas, ustedes
Present Presente protect	protejo	proteges	protege	protegemos	protegéis	protegen
Imperfect Imperfecto protected	protegía	protegías	protegía	protegíamos	protegíais	protegían
Preterit Pretérito protected	protegí	protegiste	protegió	protegimos	protegisteis	protegieron
Future Futuro will protect	protegeré	protegerás	protegerá	protegeremos	protegeréis	protegerán
Conditional Condicional would protect	protegería	protegerías	protegería	protegeríamos	protegeríais	protegerían
Subjunctive Subjuntivo may protect	proteja	protejas	proteja	protejamos	protejáis	protejan
Imperfect Subjunctive Imperfecto de Subj. might protect	protegiera	protegieras	protegiera	protegiéramos	protegiereis	protegieran
	protegiese	protegieses	protegiese	protegiésemos	protegieseis	protegiesen
Imperatives Spanish Verb proteger - to protect
Imperative Imperativo protect!		¡protege!	¡proteja!	¡protejamos!	¡protejed!	¡protejan!
Negative Imperative Imperativo Negativo don't protect!		¡no protejas!	¡no proteja!	¡no protejamos!	¡no protejáis!	¡no protejan!
Compound Tenses of the Spanish Verb PROTEGER Past Participle: protegido - protectedn
Present Perfect Perfecto de Indicativo have protected	he protegido	has protegido	ha protegido	hemos protegido	habéis protegido	han protegido
Preterit Perfect Pretérito Anterior had protected	hube protegido	hubiste protegido	hubo protegido	hubimos protegido	hubisteis protegido	hubieron protegido
Past Perfect Pluscuamperfecto had protected	había protegido	habías protegido	había protegido	habíamos protegido	habíais protegido	habían protegido
Present Perfect Subj Presente Perfecto Subj may have protected	haya protegido	hayas protegido	haya protegido	hayamos protegido	hayáis protegido	hayan protegido
Future Perfect Futuro Perfecto will have protected	habré protegido	habrás protegido	habrá protegido	habremos protegido	habréis protegido	habrán protegido
Conditional Perfect Condicional Perfecto would have protected	habría protegido	habrías protegido	habría protegido	habríamos protegido	habríais protegido	habrían protegido
Pluperfect Subjunctive Pluscuamperf. de sbj might have protected	hubiera protegido	hubieras protegido	hubiera protegido	hubiéramos protegido	hubierais protegido	hubieran protegido
	hubiese protegido	hubieses protegido	hubiese protegido	hubiésemos protegido	hubieseis protegido	hubiesen protegido
Progressive Tenses PROTEGER Present Participle: protegiendo - protecting
Present Progressive Presente Progressivo am protecting	estoy protegiendo	estás protegiendo	está protegiendo	estamos protegiendo	está protegiendo	están protegiendo
Preterit Progressive Pretérito Prog was protecting	estuve protegiendo	estuviste protegiendo	estuvo protegiendo	estuvimos protegiendo	estuvisteis protegiendo	estuvieron protegiendo
Imperfect Progressive Imperfecto Prog had been protecting	estaba protegiendo	estabas protegiendo	estaba protegiendo	estábamos protegiendo	estabais protegiendo	estaban protegiendo
Future Progressive Futuro Perfecto Prog will be protecting	estaré protegiendo	estarás protegiendo	estará protegiendo	estaremos protegiendo	estaréis protegiendo	estarán protegiendo
Conditional Progressive Condicional perf. prog. would have been ~ing	estaría protegiendo	estarías protegiendo	estabría protegiendo	estaríamos protegiendo	estaríais protegiendo	estarían protegiendo
Subjunctive Progressive Subjuntivo Progressivo may have been ~ing	que ~ protegiendo	que ~ protegiendo	que ~ protegiendo	que ~ protegiendo	que ~ protegiendo	que ~ protegiendo

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USING the SPANISH VERB PROTEGER

proteger can also mean: to patronize, to champion.
protegerse : to protect oneself.
proteger a la bebé / su amigo : to protect the baby / his friend. (use preposition a before a person).
proteger la patria / la casa : to protect one's country / the house. (no preposition before a thing)

la protección (nf): protection.
la Protección Civil (nf): civil defense organization.
protegido, a (nm/f or adj): protégé, protected.
protector, a (nm/f or adj): gumshield, protector, protective.

protegerse el pelo en un moño: to put one's hair up in a bun.
Sociedad Protectora de Animales: Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals (SPCA).
protegerse de la lluvia: to shelter from the rain.

vos replaces tú - you, informal, singular -
- in Argentina, Uruguay, Paraguay and also in some countries of Central America.
Sometimes it also replaces the formal singular 'Usted'.
In irregular ER verbs, the conjugations remain the same as for tú except for the addition of accents in the following tenses:
Presente: vos protegés
Imperativo: ¡protegé!

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