castellanizar
Spanish
Etymology
From castellano + -izar.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /kasteʝaniˈsaɾ/ [kas.t̪e.ʝa.niˈsaɾ] (most of Latin America)
- IPA(key): /kasteʎaniˈsaɾ/ [kas.t̪e.ʎa.niˈsaɾ] (Andes Mountains, Paraguay, Philippines)
- Rhymes: -aɾ
- Syllabification: cas‧te‧lla‧ni‧zar
Verb
castellanizar (first-person singular present castellanizo, first-person singular preterite castellanicé, past participle castellanizado)
- (transitive) to Hispanicize, to render into Spanish
- Synonyms: españolizar, hispanizar
- 2015 July 5, “A la búsqueda de las fronteras”, in El País[1]:
- Rebautizado este año —ha cambiado de su nombre la "g" de anteriores ediciones por una "j" para castellanizar el concepto y como "homenaje a la sencillez juanramoniana"—; Frinje también deja un hueco importante a la innovación musical.
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Conjugation
Conjugation of castellanizar (c-z alternation) (See Appendix:Spanish verbs)
Selected combined forms of castellanizar (c-z alternation)
These forms are generated automatically and may not actually be used. Pronoun usage varies by region.
| singular | plural | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1st person | 2nd person | 3rd person | 1st person | 2nd person | 3rd person | ||
| with infinitive castellanizar | dative | castellanizarme | castellanizarte | castellanizarle, castellanizarse | castellanizarnos | castellanizaros | castellanizarles, castellanizarse |
| accusative | castellanizarme | castellanizarte | castellanizarlo, castellanizarla, castellanizarse | castellanizarnos | castellanizaros | castellanizarlos, castellanizarlas, castellanizarse | |
| with gerund castellanizando | dative | castellanizándome | castellanizándote | castellanizándole, castellanizándose | castellanizándonos | castellanizándoos | castellanizándoles, castellanizándose |
| accusative | castellanizándome | castellanizándote | castellanizándolo, castellanizándola, castellanizándose | castellanizándonos | castellanizándoos | castellanizándolos, castellanizándolas, castellanizándose | |
| with informal second-person singular tú imperative castellaniza | dative | castellanízame | castellanízate | castellanízale | castellanízanos | not used | castellanízales |
| accusative | castellanízame | castellanízate | castellanízalo, castellanízala | castellanízanos | not used | castellanízalos, castellanízalas | |
| with informal second-person singular vos imperative castellanizá | dative | castellanizame | castellanizate | castellanizale | castellanizanos | not used | castellanizales |
| accusative | castellanizame | castellanizate | castellanizalo, castellanizala | castellanizanos | not used | castellanizalos, castellanizalas | |
| with formal second-person singular imperative castellanice | dative | castellaníceme | not used | castellanícele, castellanícese | castellanícenos | not used | castellaníceles |
| accusative | castellaníceme | not used | castellanícelo, castellanícela, castellanícese | castellanícenos | not used | castellanícelos, castellanícelas | |
| with first-person plural imperative castellanicemos | dative | not used | castellanicémoste | castellanicémosle | castellanicémonos | castellanicémoos | castellanicémosles |
| accusative | not used | castellanicémoste | castellanicémoslo, castellanicémosla | castellanicémonos | castellanicémoos | castellanicémoslos, castellanicémoslas | |
| with informal second-person plural imperative castellanizad | dative | castellanizadme | not used | castellanizadle | castellanizadnos | castellanizaos | castellanizadles |
| accusative | castellanizadme | not used | castellanizadlo, castellanizadla | castellanizadnos | castellanizaos | castellanizadlos, castellanizadlas | |
| with formal second-person plural imperative castellanicen | dative | castellanícenme | not used | castellanícenle | castellanícennos | not used | castellanícenles, castellanícense |
| accusative | castellanícenme | not used | castellanícenlo, castellanícenla | castellanícennos | not used | castellanícenlos, castellanícenlas, castellanícense | |
Further reading
- “castellanizar”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 10 December 2024