cortesão
Portuguese, noun/koʁ.teˈzɐ̃w̃/
cortesão is spelled C-O-R-T-E-S-Ã-O (8 letters) and appears about once in every 4 million words in written Portuguese, the 66,709th most frequent Portuguese word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Cortesão is a Portuguese masculine noun meaning “courtier (attendant at a royal court)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “homem da corte; áulico”.
What does cortesão mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculinecourtier (attendant at a royal court)
Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Portuguese dictionaries define it
adjective: 1. relativo a corte; áulico 2. palaciano 3. adulador, bajulador 4. pessoa cortês, afável
noun: 1. homem da corte; áulico 2. homem adulador 3. aquele que é cortês 4. chapéu fino
The definition in the Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário), in Portuguese.
Source: Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário), dump of September 1, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org.
Forms of cortesão
- cortesãos plural
- cortesã feminine
- cortesãs feminine plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce cortesão?
- Brazil /koʁ.teˈzɐ̃w̃/
- Brazil [koh.teˈzɐ̃ʊ̯̃]
- /koɾ.teˈzɐ̃w̃/
Sources: English Wiktionary, Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to cortesão
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is cortesão in Portuguese?
cortesão appears about once in every 4 million words in written Portuguese.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).