cortesã
Portuguese, noun
cortesã is spelled C-O-R-T-E-S-Ã (7 letters) and appears about once in every 2 million words in written Portuguese, the 52,034th most frequent Portuguese word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Cortesã is a Portuguese feminine noun meaning “courtesan (high-status prostitute)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). It is also a female equivalent of cortesão. Without its tilde, cortesa is a different word: “feminine singular of cortês”.
What does cortesã mean in English?
noun
- 1
femininefemale equivalent of cortesão
- 2
femininecourtesan (high-status prostitute)
adjective
- 1
femininefeminine singular of cortês
Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
Forms of cortesã
- cortesãs plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
English words that translate to cortesã
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is cortesã in Portuguese?
cortesã appears about once in every 2 million words in written Portuguese.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).