cortejar

From cort +‎ -ejar.

• IPA^(key): (Central) [kur.təˈʒa]
• IPA^(key): (Balearic) [kor.təˈʒa]
• IPA^(key): (Valencia) [koɾ.teˈd͡ʒaɾ]

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

• “cortejar” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.

Borrowing from Italian corteggiare.

• Hyphenation: cor‧te‧jar

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)

Borrowed from Italian corteggiare.

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

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

1. to court, woo

• “cortejar”, in Diccionario de la lengua española (in Spanish), online version 23.7, Royal Spanish Academy, 2023 November 28