Spaniolize

English

Alternative forms

• Spaniolise

Verb

Spaniolize (third-person singular simple present Spaniolizes, present participle Spaniolizing, simple past and past participle Spaniolized)

1. (transitive) To make Spanish.
   • 1654, Witts Recreations. Selected from the finest Fancies of Moderne Muses:

     I cannot visit Hide-Park every day, And with a Hackney court my time away; I cannot Spaniolize it week by week, Or wait a month to kisse your hand or cheek; If when you'r lov'd, you cannot love again, Why, doe but say so, I am out of pain.

   • 1701, The Present State of Europe - Volume 12, page 227:

     However, it is not the Design of Philip V. to Spaniolize the French, but to Frenchifie the Spaniards, and therefore he has writ to his Grandfather, to send him French Coaches, alledging, That the Spanish Coaches are too uneasie for him.

   • 1871, William Hepworth Dixon, Her Majesty's Tower - Volume 3, page 81:

     The court was Spaniolizing; and the darling of that court, as great with Charles as he had always been with James, was riding in the van.

   • 1992, Leo Rosten, The Joys of Yinglish, page 293:

     In Ladino, Spanish words are often given Hebrew prefixes or suffixes, and Hebrew words are “Spaniolized” by using them as roots, then creating Spanish verb-conjugations.

2. (intransitive) To act in support of Spain.
   • 1897, Standish O'Grady, The Flight of the Eagle, page 100:

     In the State trial he or she was accused of something else, something that would fit in otherwise with State policy. He might be accused of " Spaniolizing," or hasty indecent speech, or she of light conduct, or I know not what.

   • 1961, Spiro Peterson -, The counterfeit lady unveiled, page 261:

     Upon this, Tomazo advises with his friend Don Pedro; and as they two were not wont to Spaniolize in their consultations, the matter was so ordered to the Prince's satisfaction likewise that Don Tomazo, as much to his satisfaction likewise, received the £100.

Related terms

• Hispaniolize