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hispanicize

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables
his-pani-cize
IPA
27
Scrabble Score
11
Letters
3
Syllables
9
Unique Chars

Meaning

verb

To render Spanish, as to customs, culture, pronunciation, or style.

Transitive verb

verb

To translate into Spanish.

Transitive verb

verb

Alternative spelling of Hispanicize.

Etymology

Etymology tree English Hispanic Proto-Indo-European *-id- Proto-Indo-European *-yéti Proto-Indo-European *-idyéti Proto-Hellenic *-íd͏̌d͏̌ō Ancient Greek -ῐ́ζω (-ĭ́zō)bor. Late Latin -izōder. Middle French -iserbor. Middle English -isen English -ize English Hispanicize From Hispanic + -ize.

Usage

Inflected Forms

Hispanicizes (present, singular) Hispanicizing (participle, present) Hispanicized (participle, past) Hispanicized (past) Hispanicise (alternative)

Phrases

Hispano-

Frequently Paired Words

Hispania Hispanicisation Hispanicism Hispanicist Hispanicization Hispanicizer Hispaniola Hispano-

Questions

What does hispanicize mean?
To render Spanish, as to customs, culture, pronunciation, or style.
Where does hispanicize come from?
Etymology tree English Hispanic Proto-Indo-European *-id- Proto-Indo-European *-yéti Proto-Indo-European *-idyéti Proto-Hellenic *-íd͏̌d͏̌ō Ancient Greek -ῐ́ζω (-ĭ́zō)bor. Late Latin -izōder. Middle French -iserbor. Middle English -isen English -ize English Hispanicize From Hispanic + -ize.

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