overprotect

English

Etymology

Verb

overprotect (third-person singular simple present overprotects, present participle overprotecting, simple past and past participle overprotected)

To protect to an excessive degree; to coddle

Derived terms

Translations

French: surprotéger (fr), hyperprotéger (fr)
German: überbehüten

Portuguese: superproteger f
Spanish: sobreproteger, hiperproteger

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