were defending

Past progressiveconjugation ofdefend.There are other translations for this conjugation.

defend

Tell them you were defending your family and you were, right?	Decirles que defendías a tu familia, que es lo que hacías, ¿verdad?
Earlier people were defending their homeland, and now protect the property of fascists.	Anteriormente, las personas defendieron su tierra natal, y ahora para proteger la propiedad de varios colores nazis.
Lisbon, Coimbra, Coria or City Rodrigo, they were the cities that theoretically were defending the periphery of the great kingdom.	Lisboa, Coimbra, Coria o Ciudad Rodrigo, eran las ciudades que en teoría defendían la periferia del gran reino.
League debutants Azad took the bronze medal behind powerhouse Zob Ahan Esfahan, who were defending champions.	Las debutantes de la Liga, Azad se llevó la medalla de bronce detrás de la potencia Zob Ahan Esfahan, que defendía las campeonas.
Wall or wall that was rising on the adarve, after that they were protecting and travelling the forces that were defending the fortification.	Pared o muro que se elevaba sobre el adarve, tras la que se protegían y transitaban las fuerzas que defendían la fortificación.
He would see how hard our people work to have an ever more just society and realize that's what the Five were defending.	Vería los esfuerzos de nuestro pueblo por tener una sociedad cada vez más justa, y que eso era lo que defendíamos Los Cinco.
The wall bastioned was encircling her for your sides, where two lateral platforms were defending her from out and were allowing the descent to the river.	La muralla abaluartada la ceñía por sus costados, donde dos plataformas laterales la defendían desde fuera y permitían la bajada al río.
Paradoxically, voting against the agrarian reform of 1950, the Communists found themselves side by side with the big landowners who were defending their huge estates.	Paradójicamente, votando contra la reforma agraria de 1950, los comunistas se encontraron codo con codo con los grandes propietarios que defendían sus latifundios.
But what of that? In June the democratic gentlemen were defending law and order against anarchy, and no arguments or prophecies had weight with them.	Pero en junio, los señores demócratas defendían el orden contra la anarquía, y ningún argumento, ninguna profecía tenía fuerza para ellos.
That was common practice in the industry, and those who held patents on airplanes were defending them fiercely and suing competitors left and right.	Era una práctica común de la industria y aquellos que poseían patentes de aviones las defendieron ferozmente y demandaron competidores a diestra y siniestra.
According to the report, 281 human rights defenders were murdered in 25 countries, 49 percent of whom were defending land, indigenous and environmental rights.	De acuerdo al informe, 281 defensores/as de derechos humanos fueron asesinados en 25 países, 49% de los cuales defendían la tierra, los derechos de los pueblos indígenas y el medio ambiente.
Fifteen years of wrongful imprisonment to five innocent men compromises their right to life as well as the sovereignty and the dignity of the people they were defending.	Quince años de injusta cárcel a Cinco inocentes compromete su derecho a la vida, la soberanía y la dignidad por la que luchan todos nuestros pueblos.
Dear friends: Fifteen years of wrongful imprisonment to five innocent men compromises their right to life as well as the sovereignty and the dignity of the people they were defending.	Queridos amigos: Quince años de injusta cárcel a Cinco inocentes compromete su derecho a la vida, la soberanía y la dignidad por la que luchan todos nuestros pueblos.
Mr President, NATO intervened in Yugoslavia maintaining that they were defending Kosovans from Serb persecution, but no-one intervened to defend the Kurds from Turkish persecution.	Señor Presidente, la OTAN intervino en Yugoslavia afirmando que defendía a los kosovares de las persecuciones serbias, pero nadie ha intervenido para defender a los kurdos de las persecuciones turcas.
Download the Report According to the report, 281 human rights defenders were murdered in 25 countries, 49 percent of whom were defending land, indigenous and environmental rights.	De acuerdo al informe, 281 defensores/as de derechos humanos fueron asesinados en 25 países, 49% de los cuales defendían la tierra, los derechos de los pueblos indígenas y el medio ambiente.
The owners did not want to surrender to the inconveniences that a reparcelación supposed, and were defending the ancient tracing in order that everyone could construct to his discretion on the same areas.	Los propietarios no querían someterse a las incomodidades que suponía una reparcelación, y defendían el trazado antiguo para que cada cual pudiera construir a su albedrío sobre los mismos terrenos.
The young people on the streets were defending their future, their right to work and to decent living standards, and their right to live in a country where democracy works and citizens have a say.	Los jóvenes defendieron en las calles su futuro, su derecho a trabajar y a condiciones dignas de vida, y su derecho a vivir en un país donde la democracia funcione y los ciudadanos tengan voz.
Students from the National University of Engineering who were defending their campus in Managua, Nicaragua, were attacked with firearms today, confirmed Erika Guevara-Rosas, Americas Director at Amnesty International, in a live broadcast from her Facebook account.	Estudiantes de la Universidad Nacional de Ingeniería que resguardaban su recinto en Managua, Nicaragua, fueron atacados con armas de fuego hoy, según constató Erika Guevara-Rosas, Directora para las Américas de Amnistía Internacional, en una cobertura en vivo desde su cuenta de Facebook.
It was Baldisseri who ordered the book removed from the mailboxes of Synod fathers at the same time he and the rest of his cabal were manipulating the Synod to undermine the very teaching the Five Cardinals were defending.	Ha sido Baldisseri quien mandó quitar el libro de las cajas postales de los padres del Sínodo mientras a la vez él y el resto de su camarilla estaban manipulando el Sínodo para socavar la misma enseñanza que los Cinco Cardenales defendían.
There were police, undercover cops, organizations of the political party PRI brought in from other states, workers under threat of losing their jobs who marched against their will, and Indigenous communities who thought they were defending teachers and education.	Marcharon policías, porros, organizaciones del partido político PRI, traídas de diversos estados del país, trabajadores que con la amenaza del despedido marcharon contra su voluntad, y comunidades indígenas que creían que iban en defensa de la educación y del magisterio.