castellanización
Spanish, noun/kasteʝaniθaˈθjon/
castellanización is spelled C-A-S-T-E-L-L-A-N-I-Z-A-C-I-Ó-N (16 letters) and appears about once in every 7 million words in written Spanish, the 102,764th most frequent Spanish word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Castellanización is a Spanish feminine noun meaning “Hispanicization” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) defines it as “acción y efecto de castellanizar Por ejemplo el natural de Múnich (München) es el muniqués”.
What does castellanización mean in English?
noun
- 1
feminineHispanicization
Source: English Wiktionary, Spanish section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Spanish dictionaries define it
noun: 1. acción y efecto de castellanizar Por ejemplo el natural de Múnich (München) es el muniqués
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 castellanización
- castellanizaciones plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce castellanización?
- /kasteʝaniθaˈθjon/
- [kas.t̪e.ʝa.ni.θaˈθjõn]
- [kast̪eʝanisaˈsjõn]
Sources: English Wiktionary, Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is castellanización in Spanish?
castellanización appears about once in every 7 million words in written Spanish.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).