shield
noun
escudo
EN On the top of the tower was a bronze figure of a Moorish horseman, fixed on a pivot, with a shield on one arm, and his lance elevated perpendicularly.
GL No curuto da torre había a figura de bronce dun cabaleiro mouro, asegurado sobre un eixo, co escudo nun brazo e a lanza ergueita perpendicularmente.
Fonte: ALH (131)
transitive verb
defender
EN He felt then the sufferings of women, the weaknesses of their bodies and souls; and would shield them with a strong and resolute arm and bow his mind to them.
GL Logo sentía os sufrimentos das mulleres, a febleza dos seus corpos e almas; e sabería defendelas con brazo forte e resolto e inclinar diante delas o espírito.
Fonte: RET (4962)
protexido
EN They had lived in it, too --dwelling in pressurized cabins surrounded by water, shielded from radiation.
GL Viviran alí, ademais, en cabinas presurizadas rodeadas de auga, protexidos das radiacións.
Fonte: C16 (626)
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