cortesía

See also: cortesia and Cortesia

Spanish

Etymology

From cortés +‎ -ía.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /koɾteˈsia/ [koɾ.t̪eˈsi.a]
• Rhymes: -ia
• Syllabification: cor‧te‧sí‧a

Noun

cortesía f (plural cortesías)

1. courtesy
2. politeness
3. (business, diplomacy, politics) comity

Hyponyms

• cortesía internacional (“comity of nations”)

Derived terms

• bus de cortesía

Further reading

• “cortesía”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 2024 December 10