cortejar

//kuɾ.tɨ.ˈʒaɾ// verb

Letters

8 characters

Frequency Rank

#63,435

in Portuguese word usage

Misspellings

0

tracked variants

Confusables

0

similar word pairs

cortejar is aPortugueseverb. It means: fazer corte a alguém, galantear, lisonjear Pronounced /kuɾ.tɨ.ˈʒaɾ/.

Key facts for cortejar
PropertyValue
Headwordcortejar
LanguagePortuguese
Part of speechVerb
IPA/kuɾ.tɨ.ˈʒaɾ/
Letters8
Frequency rank#63,435
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequency rank visualization

Position of cortejar in Portuguese word frequency (lower rank = more common)

Source: Wordfreq corpus

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

The Portuguese entry for cortejar is 8 letters long, classified as averb, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as /kuɾ.tɨ.ˈʒaɾ/. Corpus data places it at rank #63,435 in overall Portuguese word frequency, marking it as uncommon enough that many writers pause before typing it.Wiktionary records 4 distinct senses for this headword, so context determines which meaning a reader should apply.

No frequent misspelling variants are recorded for cortejar in our index, suggesting the orthography either follows predictable Portuguese patterns or the word is uncommon enough that typo corpora lack signal.It is not paired with a close-neighbour confusable in our dataset, which tends to mean the word is visually distinctive enough to stand on its own.

No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, so spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. For readers arriving here from a spelling check, the authoritative guidance is: the correct Portuguese form is cortejar, spelled C-O-R-T-E-J-A-R, and any other sequence of those letters, regardless of how natural it feels, is a misspelling in standard orthography.

Definition

  1. 1
    fazer corte a alguém, galantear, lisonjear
  2. 2
    deferir tratamento cortês a (alguém), tratar educadamente
  3. 3
    saudar, cumprimentar
  4. 4
    bajular, mimar com o objetivo de conseguir benefícios

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This word in other languages

Frequency rank: #63,435 in Portuguese

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "cortejar"?
"cortejar" is spelled C-O-R-T-E-J-A-R. The IPA pronunciation is /kuɾ.tɨ.ˈʒaɾ/.
What does "cortejar" mean?
As a verb, "cortejar" means: fazer corte a alguém, galantear, lisonjear
How do you pronounce "cortejar"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "cortejar" is /kuɾ.tɨ.ˈʒaɾ/. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "cortejar" come from?
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Data Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Frequency data from Wordfreq. Misspellings derived from Hunspell dictionaries.