cortez
Portuguese, adjective
cortez is spelled C-O-R-T-E-Z (6 letters) and appears 2.6 times per million words in written Portuguese, the 18,794th most frequent Portuguese word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Cortez is a Portuguese adjective meaning “pre-reform spelling (used until 1943 in Brazil and 1911 in Portugal) of cortês” (English Wiktionary, September 2026).
What does cortez mean in English?
adjective
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pre-reform spelling (used until 1943 in Brazil and 1911 in Portugal) of cortês
Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
Forms of cortez
- corteza feminine
- cortezes masculine plural
- cortezas feminine plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How common is cortez in Portuguese?
cortez appears 2.6 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).