descortesía
Spanish, noun/deskoɾteˈsia/
descortesía is spelled D-E-S-C-O-R-T-E-S-Í-A (11 letters) and appears about once in every 5 million words in written Spanish, the 81,768th most frequent Spanish word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Descortesía is a Spanish feminine noun meaning “discourtesy” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) defines it as “Falta de educación o de la deferencia debida”.
What does descortesía mean in English?
noun
- 1
femininediscourtesy
- 2
feminineinsolence
Source: English Wiktionary, Spanish section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Spanish dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Falta de educación o de la deferencia debida. 2. Acto por el cual se muestra falta de educación o deferencia.
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 descortesía
- descortesías plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce descortesía?
- /deskoɾteˈsia/
- [d̪es.koɾ.t̪eˈsi.a]
- [d̪eskoɾt̪eˈsia]
Sources: English Wiktionary, Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to descortesía
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is descortesía in Spanish?
descortesía appears about once in every 5 million words in written Spanish.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).