cortejar

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Catalan

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Etymology

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From cort +‎ -ejar.

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cortejar (first-person singular present cortejo, first-person singular preterite cortegí, past participle cortejat); root stress: (Central) /ɛ/; (Valencia) /e/; (Balearic) /ə/

  1. (transitive) to court, to woo
    Synonym: fer la cort

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Portuguese

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Etymology

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Borrowing from Italian corteggiare.

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  • Hyphenation: cor‧te‧jar

Verb

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cortejar (first-person singular present cortejo, first-person singular preterite cortejei, past participle cortejado)

  1. (transitive) to court (to attempt to win someone’s affections)
  2. (transitive, zoology) to court (to engage in behaviour leading to mating)

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Spanish

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Etymology

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Borrowed from Italian corteggiare.

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /koɾteˈxaɾ/ [koɾ.t̪eˈxaɾ]
  • Rhymes: -aɾ
  • Syllabification: cor‧te‧jar

Verb

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cortejar (first-person singular present cortejo, first-person singular preterite cortejé, past participle cortejado)

  1. to court, woo

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