helenizar

Portuguese

Pronunciation

 
  • (Brazil) IPA(key): /e.le.niˈza(ʁ)/ [e.le.niˈza(h)]
    • (São Paulo) IPA(key): /e.le.niˈza(ɾ)/
    • (Rio de Janeiro) IPA(key): /e.le.niˈza(ʁ)/ [e.le.niˈza(χ)]
    • (Southern Brazil) IPA(key): /e.le.niˈza(ɻ)/
 
  • (Portugal) IPA(key): /i.lɨ.niˈzaɾ/
    • (Southern Portugal) IPA(key): /i.lɨ.niˈza.ɾi/

  • Hyphenation: he‧le‧ni‧zar

Verb

helenizar (first-person singular present helenizo, first-person singular preterite helenizei, past participle helenizado)

  1. (transitive) to Hellenize (to make Greek in character)

Conjugation

Spanish

Etymology

Borrowed from Ancient Greek Ἑλληνίζω (Hellēnízō, to speak Greek, to act in a Greek manner, to make Greek), from Ἕλλην (Héllēn, Greek). By surface analysis, heleno + -izar.

Verb

helenizar (first-person singular present helenizo, first-person singular preterite helenicé, past participle helenizado)

  1. (transitive) to Hellenize

Conjugation

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