acculture
To familiarize oneself with, and adopt a new culture, especially by an immigrantTo familiarize oneself with, and adopt a new culture, especially by an immigrant
Meaning
1 sensesTo familiarize oneself with, and adopt a new culture, especially by an immigrant
I accultured myself very easily when I moved from Chile to Brazil; Portuguese, being similar to Spanish, was easy to learn. It might have been harder to acculture to life in Hong Kong.
akkulturieren
адапти́роватьсяadaptírovatʹsja, интегри́роватьсяintegrírovatʹsja
Translations
5 languagesBy meaning 1
By meaning 1
Origin
Either ac- + culture or a back-formation from acculturation.Either ac- + culture or a back-formation from acculturation.
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Forms
accultures, acculturing, accultured, accultured| Base form | acculture · to acculture |
|---|---|
| 3rd person singular | accultures |
| Present participle | acculturing |
| Past simple | accultured |
| Past participle | accultured |
regular · Lesson
Word family
2 related wordsLessons for this word
3 lessons- A1Present simple — Because it is a verb
- A1Past simple, regular verbs — Because of its past form
- A2Present perfect: introduction — Because of its past participle
See also
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