Hispanicize

Hispanicize
/hi span"euh suyz'/, v.t., Hispanicized, Hispanicizing. (sometimes l.c.)
1. to make Spanish or Latin American, as in character, custom, or style.
2. to bring under Spanish or Latin-American domination or influence.
Also, esp. Brit., Hispanicise.
[1875-80; HISPANIC + -IZE]

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