Hispanicization
Adopting Spanish cultural traits
Hispanicization is the process of adopting Spanish language, culture, or identity—or of making something more Spanish or Latin American in character.
The term applies to individuals, communities, or regions coming under Hispanic influence: the Hispanicization of the American Southwest, the rapid Hispanicization of Miami's cultural scene.
It can describe demographic shifts, linguistic changes, or cultural adaptation.
Defeating and seizing control
- encomiendaForced indigenous labor grant
- missionariesReligious workers abroad
- conquistadorsSpanish colonial soldiers
- imperialismExtending dominion over others
subjugation · domination · expansion · territories · settlers · annexation · colonizers · governance
Latin American by heritage
- ChicanoMexican-American with activist heritage
- ChicanaMexican-American woman, culturally identified
- heritageInherited cultural legacy
- ancestryFamily line of descent
ethnicity · bicultural · diaspora · mestizo · criollo · roots · self-identification · multiracial
Proficiency in two languages
- loanwordsAdopted foreign vocabulary
- code-switchingAlternating between linguistic varieties
- SpanglishHybrid of two languages
- translationConverting between languages
dialects · lexicon · etymology · vernacular · linguistics · phonetics · morphology · syntax
Festive public celebration
- siestaMidday rest
- flamencoRhythmic Spanish dance style
- quinceañeraFifteenth birthday celebration
- mariachiMexican folk ensemble
corrida · piñata · tapas · paella · fandango · guayabera · empanada · cumbia
Adopting another group's customs
- integrationCombining into a whole
- naturalizationLegal path to belonging
- blendingCombining into uniformity
- adaptationFitting to new conditions
incorporation · fusion · absorption · mainstreaming · convergence · amalgamation · intermingling · homogenization
conquest
Defeating and seizing control
- encomiendaForced indigenous labor grant
- missionariesReligious workers abroad
- conquistadorsSpanish colonial soldiers
imperialism · subjugation · domination · expansion · territories · settlers · annexation · colonizers · governance · sovereignty
Latino
Latin American by heritage
- ChicanoMexican-American with activist heritage
- ChicanaMexican-American woman, culturally identified
- heritageInherited cultural legacy
ancestry · ethnicity · bicultural · diaspora · mestizo · criollo · roots · self-identification · multiracial · Tejano
bilingualism
Proficiency in two languages
- loanwordsAdopted foreign vocabulary
- code-switchingAlternating between linguistic varieties
- SpanglishHybrid of two languages
translation · dialects · lexicon · etymology · vernacular · linguistics · phonetics · morphology · syntax · vocabulary
fiesta
Festive public celebration
- siestaMidday rest
- flamencoRhythmic Spanish dance style
- quinceañeraFifteenth birthday celebration
mariachi · corrida · piñata · tapas · paella · fandango · guayabera · empanada · cumbia · salsa
acculturation
Adopting another group's customs
- integrationCombining into a whole
- naturalizationLegal path to belonging
- blendingCombining into uniformity
adaptation · incorporation · fusion · absorption · mainstreaming · convergence · amalgamation · intermingling · homogenization · syncretism
HispanicizationAnglicization
Adapting to English conventions
Americanization · Germanization · Russification · Arabization · Italianization
Hispanicizationcultural resistance
Opposing mainstream through heritage
decolonization · indigenization · cultural preservation · language maintenance · cultural reclamation
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