afrancesado

afrancesado

English

Etymology

Borrowed from Portuguese or Spanish afrancesado (“Francophile”).

Noun

afrancesado (plural afrancesados or afrancesadoes)

1. (historical) An Iberian who supported the French during the Peninsular War.

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Portuguese

Adjective

afrancesado (feminine afrancesada, masculine plural afrancesados, feminine plural afrancesadas)

1. Frenchified (having become more French)

Noun

afrancesado m (plural afrancesados)

1. (historical) afrancesado (Iberian who supported the French during the Peninsular War)
2. Francophile (attempting to imitate the French)

Participle

afrancesado (feminine afrancesada, masculine plural afrancesados, feminine plural afrancesadas)

1. past participle of afrancesar

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Spanish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (Spain) /afɾanθeˈsado/ [a.fɾãn̟.θeˈsa.ð̞o]
• IPA^(key): (Latin America) /afɾanseˈsado/ [a.fɾãn.seˈsa.ð̞o]
• Rhymes: -ado
• Syllabification: a‧fran‧ce‧sa‧do

Adjective

afrancesado (feminine afrancesada, masculine plural afrancesados, feminine plural afrancesadas)

1. Frenchified

Noun

afrancesado m (plural afrancesados)

1. (historical) afrancesado
2. Francophile

Participle

afrancesado (feminine afrancesada, masculine plural afrancesados, feminine plural afrancesadas)

1. past participle of afrancesar

Further reading

• “afrancesado”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014