Lusitanize
Definition, Meaning & Examples
Part of speech verb
Quick meaning: Lusitanize is a verb meaning (transitive) To make Portuguese or more Portuguese-like.
Meaning
(transitive) To make Portuguese or more Portuguese-like.
More Meanings
- (intransitive) To become Portuguese or more Portuguese-like.
- (transitive) To translate or adapt into the Portuguese language.
Example Sentences
Traders and governors attempted to lusitanize Goa and Macao for centuries.
The poet Camões used the lusitanized plural form cafres in the fifth canto of his 1572 poem Os Lusíadas.
Their sandwiches are lusitanized by frying the meat with copious garlic and covering everything with thick slabs of red pepper paste.
Word Forms
- lusitanizes
- lusitanizing
- lusitanized
- lusitanise
- Lusitanise
Synonyms for lusitanize
Depending on context, synonyms include Portuguesify.
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