Is there a word for making a non-Spanish word sound Spanish?

Question

If to anglicize (to make a word that is not English sound English) is anglicanizar in Spanish. Is there an equivalent word in Spanish for making a word that is not Spanish sound Spanish?

Answer 1

You want españolizar

Check it out in the dictionary. Paste in the copied word

Here's a link as well. españolizar

¡Gracias!, LagartijaVerde. That is the word I was looking for! - Helind, Jun 8, 2013

Interesting--you get OTAN for NATO, but nonce words like "NATO-ize" don't yield another nonce word like OTANizar. Not that that is a draw back necessarily. - EugenioCosta, Jun 9, 2013

Answer 2

And the English would be--Hispanicize? Iberianize? Castellanitate?

http://forum.wordreference.com/showthread.php?t=1563625 - Kiwi-Girl, Jun 8, 2013

¡Gracias!, EugenioCosta. - Helind, Jun 8, 2013

good question too - rogspax, Jun 8, 2013

And thanks to Kiwi too. Hispanicize does indeed ring best of those offered in that discussion, and is nicely parallel with anglicize. - rogspax, Jun 8, 2013

Answer 3

Great answer LagartijaVerde, thanks.

I´d asked some Spanish speaking friends about just that (the Spanish equivalent of anglicize) a while back and no one had an idea. Thanks again for the answer (which in retrospect, seems obvious, as is often the case)

Answer 4

The closest I can think of is "Spanglish".

Españolizar - Anormal, Jun 8, 2013