Translation for 'defensive position' from English to Spanish

defensive position

posición {f} de defensamil.

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defensive

defensivo {adj}

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position

situación {f}

posición {f}

strategic position

posición {f} estratégica

political position

posicionamiento {m} político

• The name Southwark dates from the establishment of a defensive position in the area by King Alfred in the 9th century.
• The term "goal-tend" was used in early descriptions of American football positions to describe the defensive position farthest back from the line of scrimmage.
• Designer McAllister writes of the importance of blocking in "Titan" and arranging one's legions in a defensive position to prevent another player from easy movement of recruiting.
• Once there, the Peloponnesian took up a strong defensive position at Lampsacus and as they could not lure them out, the Athenians retreated to Aegospotami.
• It was made to profit from the city's strong defensive position, lying on a sandy hill in the center of a large swamp fed by many rivers.

• In the opening and middlegame, the king will rarely play an active role in the development of an offensive or defensive position.
• The Anglo-Gascons established a strong defensive position near Poitiers and after unsuccessful negotiations were attacked.
• After Zhou received Nehru's letter (rejecting Zhou's proposal), the fighting resumed on the eastern theatre on 14 November (Nehru's birthday), with an Indian attack on Walong, claimed by China, launched from the defensive position of Se La and inflicting heavy casualties on the Chinese.
• American General Benedict Arnold established the location, as it provided the Continental fleet with a natural defensive position.
• The natural rocky outcrop that dominates the northern bank provides not only a natural fort and defensive position; it also acts as protection from flooding.