# castellanizar
## Spanish
### Etymology

From castellano +‎ -izar.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: (Spain) /kasteʝaniˈθaɾ/ [kas.t̪e.ʝa.niˈθaɾ]
* IPA: (most of Spain) /kasteʝaniˈθaɾ/ [kas.t̪e.ʝa.niˈθaɾ]
* IPA: (rural northern Spain) /kasteʎaniˈθaɾ/ [kas.t̪e.ʎa.niˈθaɾ]
* IPA: (Latin America) /kasteʝaniˈsaɾ/ [kas.t̪e.ʝa.niˈsaɾ]
* IPA: (most of Latin America) /kasteʝaniˈsaɾ/ [kas.t̪e.ʝa.niˈsaɾ]
* IPA: (Andes Mountains, Philippines) /kasteʎaniˈsaɾ/ [kas.t̪e.ʎa.niˈsaɾ]
* IPA: (Buenos Aires and environs) /kasteʃaniˈsaɾ/ [kas.t̪e.ʃa.niˈsaɾ]
* IPA: (elsewhere in Argentina and Uruguay) /kasteʒaniˈsaɾ/ [kas.t̪e.ʒa.niˈsaɾ]
* 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: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.(please add an English translation of this quotation)

#### Conjugation

| infinitive | infinitive | infinitive | castellanizar | castellanizar | castellanizar | castellanizar | castellanizar |
| gerund | gerund | gerund | castellanizando | castellanizando | castellanizando | castellanizando | castellanizando |
| past participle | past participle | | | masculine | masculine | feminine | feminine |
| past participle | past participle | singular | singular | castellanizado | castellanizado | castellanizada | castellanizada |
| past participle | past participle | plural | plural | castellanizados | castellanizados | castellanizadas | castellanizadas |
| | | singular | singular | singular | plural | plural | plural |
| | | 1st person | 2nd person | 3rd person | 1st person | 2nd person | 3rd person |
| indicative | | yo | tú vos | él/ella/ello usted | nosotros nosotras | vosotros vosotras | ellos/ellas ustedes |
| indicative | present | castellanizo | castellanizas$^{tú}$ castellanizás$^{vos}$ | castellaniza | castellanizamos | castellanizáis | castellanizan |
| indicative | imperfect | castellanizaba | castellanizabas | castellanizaba | castellanizábamos | castellanizabais | castellanizaban |
| indicative | preterite | castellanicé | castellanizaste | castellanizó | castellanizamos | castellanizasteis | castellanizaron |
| indicative | future | castellanizaré | castellanizarás | castellanizará | castellanizaremos | castellanizaréis | castellanizarán |
| indicative | conditional | castellanizaría | castellanizarías | castellanizaría | castellanizaríamos | castellanizaríais | castellanizarían |
| subjunctive | | yo | tú vos | él/ella/ello usted | nosotros nosotras | vosotros vosotras | ellos/ellas ustedes |
| subjunctive | present | castellanice | castellanices$^{tú}$ castellanicés$^{vos2}$ | castellanice | castellanicemos | castellanicéis | castellanicen |
| subjunctive | imperfect (ra) | castellanizara | castellanizaras | castellanizara | castellanizáramos | castellanizarais | castellanizaran |
| subjunctive | imperfect (se) | castellanizase | castellanizases | castellanizase | castellanizásemos | castellanizaseis | castellanizasen |
| subjunctive | future$^1$ | castellanizare | castellanizares | castellanizare | castellanizáremos | castellanizareis | castellanizaren |
| imperative | | — | tú vos | usted | nosotros nosotras | vosotros vosotras | ustedes |
| imperative | affirmative | | castellaniza$^{tú}$ castellanizá$^{vos}$ | castellanice | castellanicemos | castellanizad | castellanicen |
| imperative | negative | | no castellanices | no castellanice | no castellanicemos | no castellanicéis | no castellanicen |
$^1$Mostly obsolete, now mainly used in legal language. $^2$Argentine and Uruguayan voseo prefers the tú form for the present subjunctive.
These forms are generated automatically and may not actually be used. Pronoun usage varies by region.

### Further reading

* “castellanizar”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014