conversos

A converso (; ; , ; "a convert", from Latin , "converted, turned around") and its feminine form conversa was a Jew who converted to Catholicism in Spain or Portugal, particularly during the 14th and 15th centuries, or one of their descendents. The remaining Jews who had not converted were finally expelled from Spain in 1492, and the significant portion of them who chose to convert to Catholicism were subject to discriminatory laws and harrassment by the Inquisition.