Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

peruvianize

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: pe-ru-vian-ize
IPA

25

Scrabble Score

11

Letters

4

Syllables

9

Unique Chars

Meaning

verb

To make Peruvian.

Transitive verb

Example Sentences

"[…] have to be done is Peruvianize the industry,"
"For example, while a number of the provincial indigenistas such as Luis Valcárcel proclaimed the need to Peruvianize Peru by fabricating prehispanic identities as foundations for the establishment of the modern nation and of national culture,"
"Mariátegui believes that Marxism means human progress as indisputably as smallpox vaccine or the theory of relativity, but to Peruvianize Peru one has to start by Peruvianizing Marxism, which is not a catechism or the tracing of some master plan, but a key to enter deep into this country."

Etymology

From Peruvian + -ize.

Word Breakdown

Suffix: Peruvian

Usage

Transitive verb

Inflected Forms

Peruvianizes (present, singular) Peruvianizing (participle, present) Peruvianized (participle, past) Peruvianized (past)

Questions

What does peruvianize mean?: To make Peruvian.
Where does peruvianize come from?: From Peruvian + -ize.

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