cortesmente
Portuguese, adverb
cortesmente is spelled C-O-R-T-E-S-M-E-N-T-E (11 letters) and appears about once in every 63 million words in written Portuguese, the 220,311th most frequent Portuguese word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Cortesmente is a Portuguese adverb meaning “courteously” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). With an accent, cortêsmente is a different word: “pre-reform spelling (used until 1971 in Brazil and 1973 in Portugal)…”. The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “de modo cortês; com educação, delicadeza e urbanidade no trato com os outros”.
What does cortesmente mean in English?
adverb
- 1
courteously
adverb
- 1
pre-reform spelling (used until 1971 in Brazil and 1973 in Portugal) of cortesmente
Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Portuguese dictionaries define it
adverb: 1. de modo cortês; com educação, delicadeza e urbanidade no trato com os outros
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 cortesmente
- cortêsmente alternative
Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How common is cortesmente in Portuguese?
cortesmente appears about once in every 63 million words in written Portuguese.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).