cortesía
Spanish, noun/koɾteˈsia/
cortesía is spelled C-O-R-T-E-S-Í-A (8 letters) and appears 8.9 times per million words in written Spanish, the 7,830th most frequent Spanish word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Cortesía is a Spanish feminine noun meaning “courtesy” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) defines it as “Calidad o cualidad de cortés”.
What does cortesía mean in English?
noun
- 1
femininecourtesy
- 2
femininepoliteness
- 3
femininecomity
Source: English Wiktionary, Spanish section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Spanish dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Calidad o cualidad de cortés. 2. Acto o demostración con que se expresa el afecto, respeto o atención que tiene una persona a otra. 3. Cualquier clase de favor o regalo. 4. Dícese de las expresiones de educación o elegancia puestas antes de la firma en una carta.
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 cortesía
- cortesías plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce cortesía?
- /koɾteˈsia/
- [koɾ.t̪eˈsi.a]
- [koɾt̪eˈsia]
Sources: English Wiktionary, Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to cortesía
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is cortesía in Spanish?
cortesía appears 8.9 times per million words in written Spanish.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).