arabizar

Portuguese

Verb

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

  1. (transitive) to Arabize (to make Arab)

Conjugation


Spanish

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.

Conjugation

  • Rule: z becomes a c before e.
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