cortesia
Portuguese, noun/koʁ.teˈzi.ɐ/
cortesia is spelled C-O-R-T-E-S-I-A (8 letters) and appears 7.2 times per million words in written Portuguese, the 9,310th most frequent Portuguese word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Cortesia is a Portuguese feminine noun meaning “courtesy (polite behaviour)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “qualidade de cortês”.
What does cortesia mean in English?
noun
- 1
femininecourtesy (polite behaviour)
- 2
femininecourtesy (polite gesture or remark)
- 3
femininea freebie given to a customer
Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Portuguese dictionaries define it
noun: 1. qualidade de cortês
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 cortesia
- cortesias plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce cortesia?
- Brazil /koʁ.teˈzi.ɐ/
- Brazil [koh.teˈzi.ɐ]
- /koɾ.teˈzi.ɐ/
Sources: English Wiktionary, Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to cortesia
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is cortesia in Portuguese?
cortesia appears 7.2 times per million words in written Portuguese.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).