españolizar
Spanish, verb/espaɲoliˈθaɾ/
españolizar is spelled E-S-P-A-Ñ-O-L-I-Z-A-R (11 letters) and appears about once in every 16 million words in written Spanish, the 147,327th most frequent Spanish word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Españolizar is a Spanish verb meaning “to render Spanish; to Hispanicize” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) defines it as “Tomar las costumbres españolas”.
What does españolizar mean in English?
verb
- 1
to render Spanish; to Hispanicize
Source: English Wiktionary, Spanish section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Spanish dictionaries define it
verb: 1. Tomar las costumbres españolas. 2. Adoptar algún uso extranjero generalizándolo en España. 3. Hacer español a algún extranjero. 4. Traducir al castellano de otra lengua.
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 españolizar
- españolizo first-person present singular
- españolicé first-person preterite singular
- españolizado participle past
- c-z alternation
- españolizando gerund
- españolizada feminine participle past
- españolizados masculine participle past
- españolizadas feminine participle past
- españolizas indicative informal present
- españolizás indicative informal present
- españoliza indicative present singular
- españolizamos first-person indicative plural
- españolizáis indicative plural present
- españolizan indicative plural present
- españolizaba first-person imperfect indicative
- españolizabas imperfect indicative second-person
- españolizábamos first-person imperfect indicative
- españolizabais imperfect indicative plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce españolizar?
- /espaɲoliˈθaɾ/
- [es.pa.ɲo.liˈθaɾ]
- /espaɲoliˈsaɾ/
Sources: English Wiktionary, Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is españolizar in Spanish?
españolizar appears about once in every 16 million words in written Spanish.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).