| Example in Russian | Translation in English |
|---|---|
| Но Квалиност легко оборонить. | But surely this city is easily defended? |
| Но всё же, я сделаю всё, чтобы защитить и оборонить этот город. | Yet I will do everything within my power to protect and defend that city |
| Language | Verb(s) | Language | Verb(s) |
|---|---|---|---|
| Arabic | انتصر,حامى, دافع | Catalan | defendre, defensar |
| Dutch | verdedigen, verweren | English | defend |
| Esperanto | defendi | Faroese | verja |
| Finnish | puolustaa, puolustautua | French | défendre |
| German | sich wehren, verteidigen, wehren | Greek | αμύνομαι, αμφιταλαντεύομαι, ανάβομαι, υπερασπίζομαι, υπερασπίζω |
| Icelandic | verja | Indonesian | membela |
| Italian | difendere, patrocinare | Japanese | 防ぐ, 防衛, 防御 |
| Lithuanian | apginti | Macedonian | брани, одбрани, штити |
| Norwegian | forsvara, forsvare, verja, verje, verna | Polish | bronić, obronić, wybronić |
| Portuguese | defender | Quechua | amachay |
| Spanish | defender | Swedish | defendera, försvara |
| Thai | กำนัน, แก้ต่าง, คุ้ม, ทุ่ม | Turkish | savunmak |
| Vietnamese | bảo vệ, phòng thủ |