cortejar

Catalan

Etymology

From cort + -ejar.

Pronunciation

Verb

cortejar (first-person singular present cortejo, first-person singular preterite cortegí, past participle cortejat); root stress: (Central) /ɛ/; (Valencian) /e/; (Balearic) /ə/

  1. (transitive) to court, to woo
    Synonym: fer la cort

Conjugation

Further reading

Portuguese

Etymology

Borrowing from Italian corteggiare.

Pronunciation

 
  • (Brazil) IPA(key): /koʁ.teˈʒa(ʁ)/ [koh.teˈʒa(h)]
    • (São Paulo) IPA(key): /koɾ.teˈʒa(ɾ)/
    • (Rio de Janeiro) IPA(key): /koʁ.teˈʒa(ʁ)/ [koχ.teˈʒa(χ)]
    • (Southern Brazil) IPA(key): /koɻ.teˈʒa(ɻ)/
 
  • (Portugal) IPA(key): /kuɾ.tɨˈʒaɾ/
    • (Southern Portugal) IPA(key): /kuɾ.tɨˈʒa.ɾi/

  • Hyphenation: cor‧te‧jar

Verb

cortejar (first-person singular present cortejo, first-person singular preterite cortejei, past participle cortejado)

  1. (transitive) to court (to attempt to win someone’s affections)
  2. (transitive, zoology) to court (to engage in behaviour leading to mating)

Conjugation

Spanish

Etymology

Borrowed from Italian corteggiare.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /koɾteˈxaɾ/ [koɾ.t̪eˈxaɾ]
  • Rhymes: -aɾ
  • Syllabification: cor‧te‧jar

Verb

cortejar (first-person singular present cortejo, first-person singular preterite cortejé, past participle cortejado)

  1. to court, woo

Conjugation

Further reading

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