defender

to defend

Julian solo se estaba defendiendo, no hizo nada malo.	Julian was only defending himself, he did nothing wrong.
Tuve la impresión de que ni siquiera lo estaba defendiendo.	I had the impression he wasn't even defending him.
Después de todo, solo estaba defendiendo su honor.	After all, he'd just defended his honor.
Bueno, solo me estaba defendiendo.	Well, I was only defending myself.
Yo no lo estaba defendiendo, mamá.	I wasn't defending him, Momma.
Kollontai no estaba defendiendo que los hombres y las mujeres simplemente debían esperar a la nueva sociedad.	Kollantai was not advocating that men and women should merely wait for the new society.
Solo la estaba defendiendo.	He was just sticking up for her.
El solo te estaba defendiendo.	He was just defending you.
Después de todo, solo estaba defendiendo su honor. ¿O no?	After all, he'd just defended his honor.
Solo me estaba defendiendo.	I was only defending myself.
Podemos estar seguros de que, cualquiera que sea su significa- do, el apóstol no estaba defendiendo componendas.	We can be confident that whatever his meaning, the apostle is not advocating compromise.
Según él me estaba defendiendo.	He was my cousin and friend.
Ha leído el informe y lo apoya plenamente; tan solo estaba defendiendo una cuestión de principios.	She has read the report and fully supports it herself and was only making a point of principle.
Si usted estaba en defensa y no estaba defendiendo agresivamente a alguien, no podía pasar más de 3 segundos ininterrumpidos en la llave.	If you were on defense and were not aggressively guarding someone, you could not spend more than 3 seconds in the key at a time.
Él solo estaba defendiendo su punto, como cualquier pastor preocupado lo haría, defendiéndolo y 'pensando en voz alta', consciente de la debilidad inherente en lo que decía.	He was simply arguing his point, as any worried pastor would, pleading and 'thinking aloud', aware of the inherent weaknesses in what he was saying.
Por otro lado, el que negó dialécticamente el racismo explotador y discriminatorio, por ejemplo, la resistencia indígena contra el colonialismo, ya estaba defendiendo a priori los dogmas humanos del socialismo emergente.	Who dialectically negated exploitative and discriminatory racism, for example, the indigenous resistance against colonialism, was a priori already defending the human tenets of up-surging socialism.
Lo dijimos entonces, el 14 de junio. En aquel momento, le dijimos al Presidente Aznar que no estaba defendiendo los intereses de España y que estaba degradando, con este proceder, la representación de España.	We said as much on 14 June when we told President Aznar that he was failing to defend the interests of Spain and that he was damaging Spain' s representation with this attitude.
Hubo un par de incidentes, pero estaba defendiendo a un amigo.	A couple of incidents, but he was protecting a friend.
Bien, básicamente él estaba defendiendo su trono.	Well, basically he was defending his throne.
No podía creer que estaba defendiendo a un hombre inocente.	I couldn't believe that I actually was representing an innocent man.