cortejar
Catalan
Etymology
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): (Central) [kur.təˈʒa]
- IPA(key): (Balearic) [kor.təˈʒa]
- IPA(key): (Valencia) [koɾ.teˈd͡ʒaɾ]
Verb
cortejar (first-person singular present cortejo, first-person singular preterite cortegí, past participle cortejat); root stress: (Central) /ɛ/; (Valencia) /e/; (Balearic) /ə/
- (transitive) to court, to woo
- Synonym: fer la cort
Conjugation
Conjugation of cortejar (first conjugation, j-g alternation)
| infinitive | cortejar | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| gerund | cortejant | ||||||
| past participle | masculine | feminine | |||||
| singular | cortejat | cortejada | |||||
| plural | cortejats | cortejades | |||||
| person | singular | plural | |||||
| first | second | third | first | second | third | ||
| indicative | jo | tu | ell/ella vostè |
nosaltres nós |
vosaltres vós |
ells/elles vostès | |
| present | cortejo | corteges | corteja | cortegem | cortegeu | cortegen | |
| imperfect | cortejava | cortejaves | cortejava | cortejàvem | cortejàveu | cortejaven | |
| future | cortejaré | cortejaràs | cortejarà | cortejarem | cortejareu | cortejaran | |
| preterite | cortegí | cortejares | cortejà | cortejàrem | cortejàreu | cortejaren | |
| conditional | cortejaria | cortejaries | cortejaria | cortejaríem | cortejaríeu | cortejarien | |
| subjunctive | jo | tu | ell/ella vostè |
nosaltres nós |
vosaltres vós |
ells/elles vostès | |
| present | cortegi | cortegis | cortegi | cortegem | cortegeu | cortegin | |
| imperfect | cortegés | cortegessis | cortegés | cortegéssim | cortegéssiu | cortegessin | |
| imperative | — | tu | vostè | nosaltres | vosaltres vós |
vostès | |
| affirmative | — | corteja | cortegi | cortegem | cortegeu | cortegin | |
| negative (no) | — | no cortegis | no cortegi | no cortegem | no cortegeu | no cortegin | |
Further reading
- “cortejar”, in Diccionari de la llengua catalana [Dictionary of the Catalan Language] (in Catalan), second edition, Institute of Catalan Studies [Catalan: Institut d'Estudis Catalans], April 2007
Portuguese
Etymology
Borrowing from Italian corteggiare.
Pronunciation
- (Brazil) IPA(key): /koʁ.teˈʒa(ʁ)/ [koh.teˈʒa(h)]
- (São Paulo) IPA(key): /koɾ.teˈʒa(ɾ)/
- (Rio de Janeiro) IPA(key): /koʁ.teˈʒa(ʁ)/ [koχ.teˈʒa(χ)]
- (Southern Brazil) IPA(key): /koɻ.teˈʒa(ɻ)/
- (Portugal) IPA(key): /kuɾ.tɨˈʒaɾ/
- (Southern Portugal) IPA(key): /kuɾ.tɨˈʒa.ɾi/
- Hyphenation: cor‧te‧jar
Verb
cortejar (first-person singular present cortejo, first-person singular preterite cortejei, past participle cortejado)
- (transitive) to court (to attempt to win someone’s affections)
- (transitive, zoology) to court (to engage in behaviour leading to mating)
Conjugation
Conjugation of cortejar (See Appendix:Portuguese verbs)
1Brazilian Portuguese.
2European Portuguese.
Spanish
Etymology
Borrowed from Italian corteggiare.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /koɾteˈxaɾ/ [koɾ.t̪eˈxaɾ]
- Rhymes: -aɾ
- Syllabification: cor‧te‧jar
Verb
cortejar (first-person singular present cortejo, first-person singular preterite cortejé, past participle cortejado)
Conjugation
Conjugation of cortejar (See Appendix:Spanish verbs)
Selected combined forms of cortejar
These forms are generated automatically and may not actually be used. Pronoun usage varies by region.
| singular | plural | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1st person | 2nd person | 3rd person | 1st person | 2nd person | 3rd person | ||
| with infinitive cortejar | dative | cortejarme | cortejarte | cortejarle, cortejarse | cortejarnos | cortejaros | cortejarles, cortejarse |
| accusative | cortejarme | cortejarte | cortejarlo, cortejarla, cortejarse | cortejarnos | cortejaros | cortejarlos, cortejarlas, cortejarse | |
| with gerund cortejando | dative | cortejándome | cortejándote | cortejándole, cortejándose | cortejándonos | cortejándoos | cortejándoles, cortejándose |
| accusative | cortejándome | cortejándote | cortejándolo, cortejándola, cortejándose | cortejándonos | cortejándoos | cortejándolos, cortejándolas, cortejándose | |
| with informal second-person singular tú imperative corteja | dative | cortéjame | cortéjate | cortéjale | cortéjanos | not used | cortéjales |
| accusative | cortéjame | cortéjate | cortéjalo, cortéjala | cortéjanos | not used | cortéjalos, cortéjalas | |
| with informal second-person singular vos imperative cortejá | dative | cortejame | cortejate | cortejale | cortejanos | not used | cortejales |
| accusative | cortejame | cortejate | cortejalo, cortejala | cortejanos | not used | cortejalos, cortejalas | |
| with formal second-person singular imperative corteje | dative | cortéjeme | not used | cortéjele, cortéjese | cortéjenos | not used | cortéjeles |
| accusative | cortéjeme | not used | cortéjelo, cortéjela, cortéjese | cortéjenos | not used | cortéjelos, cortéjelas | |
| with first-person plural imperative cortejemos | dative | not used | cortejémoste | cortejémosle | cortejémonos | cortejémoos | cortejémosles |
| accusative | not used | cortejémoste | cortejémoslo, cortejémosla | cortejémonos | cortejémoos | cortejémoslos, cortejémoslas | |
| with informal second-person plural imperative cortejad | dative | cortejadme | not used | cortejadle | cortejadnos | cortejaos | cortejadles |
| accusative | cortejadme | not used | cortejadlo, cortejadla | cortejadnos | cortejaos | cortejadlos, cortejadlas | |
| with formal second-person plural imperative cortejen | dative | cortéjenme | not used | cortéjenle | cortéjennos | not used | cortéjenles, cortéjense |
| accusative | cortéjenme | not used | cortéjenlo, cortéjenla | cortéjennos | not used | cortéjenlos, cortéjenlas, cortéjense | |
Further reading
- “cortejar”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 10 December 2024