| 单词 | hispanicize |
| 释义 | Hispanicize in British English or Hispanicise (hɪˈspænɪˌsaɪz) verb (transitive) to make Spanish, as in custom or culture; bring under Spanish control or influence Derived forms Hispanicist (Hisˈpanicist) noun Hispanicization (Hisˌpaniciˈzation) or Hispanicisation (Hisˌpaniciˈsation) noun Hispanicize in American English (hɪˈspænəˌsaiz) transitive verbWord forms: -cized, -cizing (sometimes l.c.) Also esp Brit Hispanicise1. to make Spanish or Latin American, as in character, custom, or style 2. to bring under Spanish or Latin-American domination or influence Derived forms Hispanicization noun Word origin [1875–80; hispanic + -ize]This word is first recorded in the period 1875–80. Other words that entered Englishat around the same time include: graph, knockabout, pressure point, weekend, weekender-ize is a verb-forming suffix occurring originally in loanwords from Greek that have enteredEnglish through Latin or French (baptize; barbarize; catechize); within English, -ize is added to adjectives and nouns to form transitive verbs with the general senses“to render, make” (actualize; fossilize; sterilize; Americanize), “to convert into, give a specified character or form to” (computerize; dramatize; itemize; motorize), “to subject to (as a process, sometimes named after its originator)” (hospitalize; terrorize; galvanize; oxidize; simonize; winterize). Also formed with -ize are a more heterogeneous group of verbs, usually intransitive, denoting a changeof state (crystallize), kinds or instances of behavior (apologize; moralize; tyrannize), or activities (economize; philosophize; theorize)Definition of 'Hispanicize' |
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