Brazilianized
Given Brazilian character
Brazilianized describes something that has been given Brazilian characteristics or adapted to Brazilian culture, tastes, or practices.
The term applies to food, music, language, customs, or business practices modified to suit Brazilian preferences or infused with Brazilian style.
The restaurant served a Brazilianized version of Japanese cuisine.
Like similar national adaptations (Americanized, Anglicized), it can be neutral description or carry slight connotations of cultural dilution depending on context.
Afro-Brazilian celebratory dance
- capoeiraBrazilian martial dance form
- carnivalTraveling amusement attraction
- bossa novaLyrical Brazilian jazz-samba blend
- feijoadaSmoked meat bean stew
favela · telenovela · hybridized · mulatto · cachaca · churrasco · futebol
Restricted to one place
- adaptedMade fit for purpose
- customizedAdapted to specific requirements
- modifiedChanged in some way
- regionalizedMade specific to areas
domesticated · naturalized · acculturated · indigenized · translated · reinterpreted · appropriated · transformed
Given stress or diacritics
- code-switchedAlternated between linguistic systems
- transliteratedConverted to another script
- neologizedInvented new vocabulary
- colloquializedMade linguistically casual
suffixed · vernacularized · borrowed · Africanized · creolized · informalized
samba
Afro-Brazilian celebratory dance
- capoeiraBrazilian martial dance form
- carnivalTraveling amusement attraction
- bossa novaLyrical Brazilian jazz-samba blend
feijoada · favela · telenovela · hybridized · mulatto · cachaca · churrasco · futebol
localized
Restricted to one place
- adaptedMade fit for purpose
- customizedAdapted to specific requirements
- modifiedChanged in some way
regionalized · domesticated · naturalized · acculturated · indigenized · translated · reinterpreted · appropriated · transformed · reimagined
accented
Given stress or diacritics
- code-switchedAlternated between linguistic systems
- transliteratedConverted to another script
- neologizedInvented new vocabulary
colloquialized · suffixed · vernacularized · borrowed · Africanized · creolized · informalized
BrazilianizedAmericanized
Culturally adapted to US
Europeanized · Africanized · Japanized · Hispanicized · Germanized
Brazilianizedpreserved
Kept from deterioration
maintained · restored · indigenized · localized · purified