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Spanishize

Spanishize verb: to make Spanish; to impose the culture or norms of Spain upon.

Verb

Spanishize (third-person singular simple present Spanishizes, present participle Spanishizing, simple past and past participle Spanishized)

  1. (transitive) To make Spanish; to impose the culture or norms of Spain upon.
    • an attempt to Spanishize the Native Americans

Forms of Spanishize

third-person singular presentSpanishizes
present participleSpanishizing
past participleSpanishized
pastSpanishized

Origin of Spanishize

From Spanish + -ize.

Questions about Spanishize

What does Spanishize mean?
Spanishize means to make Spanish; to impose the culture or norms of Spain upon.
What part of speech is Spanishize?
Spanishize is a verb.
What is the past tense of Spanishize?
The past tense of Spanishize is Spanishized.

Words near Spanishize in the dictionary

  1. Spanisher
  2. Spanishers
  3. spanishes
  4. spanishing
  5. Spanishization
  6. Spanishize
  7. Spanishized
  8. Spanishizes
  9. Spanishizing
  10. Spanishly
  11. Spanishness

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