protéger

/pʁɔ.te.ʒe/

to protect

Il faut protéger les enfants des dangers.

We must protect children from dangers.

general

To defend or shield someone or something from harm, danger, or damage.

Le gouvernement doit protéger les citoyens.

The government must protect its citizens.

Un casque protège la tête.

A helmet protects the head.

Commonly used in both physical and abstract contexts.

Collocations

protéger quelqu'unto protect someoneprotéger contreto protect againstprotéger deto protect from

to cover one's back

Use 'contre' for general protection and 'de' for specific threats.

Can be reflexive ('se protéger') when referring to self-protection.

From Latin 'protegere', meaning 'to cover, shield'.

Often used with prepositions 'contre' (against) or 'de' (from).

pro-

forward, in favor of

prefix

-téger

to cover, shield

root

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