cortejar
Spanish, verb/koɾteˈxaɾ/
cortejar is spelled C-O-R-T-E-J-A-R (8 letters) and appears about once in every 3 million words in written Spanish, the 65,203rd most frequent Spanish word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Cortejar is a Spanish verb meaning “to court, woo” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) defines it as “Procurar el amor de otro, tradicionalmente de una mujer, con el fin de crear una relación de pareja”.
What does cortejar mean in English?
verb
- 1
to court, woo
Source: English Wiktionary, Spanish section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Spanish dictionaries define it
verb: 1. Procurar el amor de otro, tradicionalmente de una mujer, con el fin de crear una relación de pareja. 2. Buscar el favor de alguien, haciendo lo que pida o le agrade.
The definition in the Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario), in Spanish.
Source: Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario), dump of September 1, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org.
Forms of cortejar
- cortejo first-person present singular
- cortejé first-person preterite singular
- cortejado participle past
- cortejando gerund
- cortejada feminine participle past
- cortejados masculine participle past
- cortejadas feminine participle past
- cortejas indicative informal present
- cortejás indicative informal present
- corteja indicative present singular
- cortejamos first-person indicative plural
- cortejáis indicative plural present
- cortejan indicative plural present
- cortejaba first-person imperfect indicative
- cortejabas imperfect indicative second-person
- cortejábamos first-person imperfect indicative
- cortejabais imperfect indicative plural
- cortejaban imperfect indicative plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce cortejar?
- /koɾteˈxaɾ/
- [koɾ.t̪eˈxaɾ]
- [koɾt̪eˈxaɾ]
Sources: English Wiktionary, Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to cortejar
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is cortejar in Spanish?
cortejar appears about once in every 3 million words in written Spanish.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).