castellanizar
Spanish, verb/kasteʝaniˈθaɾ/
castellanizar is spelled C-A-S-T-E-L-L-A-N-I-Z-A-R (13 letters) and appears about once in every 39 million words in written Spanish, the 222,418th most frequent Spanish word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Castellanizar is a Spanish verb meaning “to Hispanicize, to render into Spanish” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) defines it as “Darle a una palabra o expresión que viene de otro idioma los rasgos característicos del castellano o español”.
What does castellanizar mean in English?
verb
- 1
to Hispanicize, to render into Spanish
Source: English Wiktionary, Spanish section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Spanish dictionaries define it
verb: 1. Darle a una palabra o expresión que viene de otro idioma los rasgos característicos del castellano o español. 2. Enseñar el castellano a gente que habla otra lengua. 3. Dar rasgos propios de Castilla a alguna cosa.
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 castellanizar
- castellanizo first-person present singular
- castellanicé first-person preterite singular
- castellanizado participle past
- c-z alternation
- castellanizando gerund
- castellanizada feminine participle past
- castellanizados masculine participle past
- castellanizadas feminine participle past
- castellanizas indicative informal present
- castellanizás indicative informal present
- castellaniza indicative present singular
- castellanizamos first-person indicative plural
- castellanizáis indicative plural present
- castellanizan indicative plural present
- castellanizaba first-person imperfect indicative
- castellanizabas imperfect indicative second-person
- castellanizábamos first-person imperfect indicative
- castellanizabais imperfect indicative plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce castellanizar?
- /kasteʝaniˈθaɾ/
- [kas.t̪e.ʝa.niˈθaɾ]
- [kast̪eʝaniˈsaɾ]
Sources: English Wiktionary, Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is castellanizar in Spanish?
castellanizar appears about once in every 39 million words in written Spanish.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).