arabizar

Portuguese

Etymology

From árabe + -izar.

Verb

arabizar (first-person singular present indicative arabizo, past participle arabizado)

  1. (transitive) to Arabize (make Arab)

Conjugation


Spanish

Etymology

From árabe + -izar.

Pronunciation

  • (Castilian) IPA(key): /aɾabiˈθaɾ/, [aɾaβiˈθaɾ]
  • (Latin America) IPA(key): /aɾabiˈsaɾ/, [aɾaβiˈsaɾ]

Verb

arabizar (first-person singular present arabizo, first-person singular preterite arabicé, past participle arabizado)

  1. to Arabize
    • 2015 July 22, “La importancia de (no) llamarse Omar”, in El País:
      Muchos kurdos, turcomanos, yazidíes, shabaks y kakais eran animados a arabizar sus nombres para evitar ser discriminados en los trámites administrativos o en el trabajo.
      (please add an English translation of this quote)

Conjugation

  • Rule: z becomes a c before e.
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