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afrancesar

Spanish, verb/afɾanθeˈsaɾ/

afrancesar is a Spanish verb meaning “to frenchify” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) defines it as “Hacer que se imite, emule o adopte lo francés”.

What does afrancesar mean in English?

verb

  1. 1

    to frenchify

Source: English Wiktionary, Spanish section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How Spanish dictionaries define it

verb: 1. Hacer que se imite, emule o adopte lo francés.

The definition in the Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario), in Spanish.

Source: Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario), dump of September 1, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org.

Forms of afrancesar

  • afranceso first-person present singular
  • afrancesé first-person preterite singular
  • afrancesado participle past
  • afrancesando gerund
  • afrancesada feminine participle past
  • afrancesados masculine participle past
  • afrancesadas feminine participle past
  • afrancesas indicative informal present
  • afrancesás indicative informal present
  • afrancesa indicative present singular
  • afrancesamos first-person indicative plural
  • afrancesáis indicative plural present
  • afrancesan indicative plural present
  • afrancesaba first-person imperfect indicative
  • afrancesabas imperfect indicative second-person
  • afrancesábamos first-person imperfect indicative
  • afrancesabais imperfect indicative plural
  • afrancesaban imperfect indicative plural

Source: English Wiktionary and Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).

How do you pronounce afrancesar?

  • /afɾanθeˈsaɾ/
  • [a.fɾãn̟.θeˈsaɾ]
  • /afɾanseˈsaɾ/

Sources: English Wiktionary, Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.