cortejar
Catalan edit
Etymology edit
Pronunciation edit
- IPA(key): (Central) [kur.təˈʒa]
- IPA(key): (Balearic) [kor.təˈʒa]
- IPA(key): (Valencian) [koɾ.teˈd͡ʒaɾ]
Verb edit
cortejar (first-person singular present cortejo, first-person singular preterite cortegí, past participle cortejat); root stress: (Central) /ɛ/; (Valencian) /e/; (Balearic) /ə/
- (transitive) to court, to woo
- Synonym: fer la cort
Conjugation edit
Conjugation of cortejar (first conjugation, j-g alternation)
Further reading edit
- “cortejar” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.
Portuguese edit
Etymology edit
Borrowing from Italian corteggiare.
Pronunciation edit
- Hyphenation: cor‧te‧jar
Verb edit
cortejar (first-person singular present cortejo, first-person singular preterite cortejei, past participle cortejado)
- (transitive) to court (to attempt to win someone’s affections)
- (transitive, zoology) to court (to engage in behaviour leading to mating)
Conjugation edit
Conjugation of cortejar (See Appendix:Portuguese verbs)
1Brazilian Portuguese.
2European Portuguese.
Spanish edit
Etymology edit
Borrowed from Italian corteggiare.
Pronunciation edit
Verb edit
cortejar (first-person singular present cortejo, first-person singular preterite cortejé, past participle cortejado)
Conjugation edit
Conjugation of cortejar (See Appendix:Spanish verbs)
Selected combined forms of cortejar
These forms are generated automatically and may not actually be used. Pronoun usage varies by region.
Further reading edit
- “cortejar”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014