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 (in Spanish), online version 23.7, Royal Spanish Academy, 2023 November 28