afrancesar

To make French in character, style, or sympathies — afrancesar la cocina, afrancesar el vocabulario. Its most loaded historical use is the noun/adjective afrancesado: Spaniards who collaborated with or supported Joseph Bonaparte's French-imposed rule during the Peninsular War (1808–1814), a term that carried — and still carries — strong connotations of betrayal.

• El menú se afrancesó con salsas y quesos importados. — The menu took on a French flair with imported sauces and cheeses.
• Durante la ocupación, muchos ilustrados se afrancesaron políticamente. — During the occupation, many intellectuals aligned themselves politically with the French.
• Su forma de vestir se ha afrancesado bastante. — His way of dressing has become quite French-influenced.

Using afrancesado lightly for someone who just likes French culture — historically the word is loaded with the specific charge of political collaboration with the Napoleonic occupation, so Spanish speakers may still hear an edge of 'traitor' in it depending on context.

• politics Afrancesados — Historical term for Spaniards — including many reform-minded intellectuals — who supported or collaborated with Joseph Bonaparte's French-imposed monarchy during the Peninsular War (1808–1814); they were widely reviled as traitors by Spanish patriots for generations afterward.