cortejar

Catalan

Etymology

cort + -ejar

Pronunciation

Verb

cortejar (first-person singular present cortejo, past participle cortejat)

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

Further reading

Portuguese

Etymology

Borrowing from Italian corteggiare.

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

Borrowing 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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