# cortejar
## Catalan
### Etymology

From cort +‎ -ejar.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: (Central) [kur.təˈʒa]
* IPA: (Balearic) [kor.təˈʒa]
* IPA: (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

| infinitive | infinitive | infinitive | cortejar | cortejar | cortejar | cortejar | cortejar |
| gerund | gerund | gerund | cortejant | cortejant | cortejant | cortejant | cortejant |
| past participle | past participle | | | masculine | masculine | feminine | feminine |
| past participle | past participle | singular | singular | cortejat | cortejat | cortejada | cortejada |
| past participle | past participle | plural | plural | cortejats | cortejats | cortejades | cortejades |
| person | person | singular | singular | singular | plural | plural | plural |
| person | person | first | second | third | first | second | third |
| indicative | | jo | tu | ell/ella vostè | nosaltres nós | vosaltres vós | ells/elles vostès |
| indicative | present | cortejo | corteges | corteja | cortegem | cortegeu | cortegen |
| indicative | imperfect | cortejava | cortejaves | cortejava | cortejàvem | cortejàveu | cortejaven |
| indicative | future | cortejaré | cortejaràs | cortejarà | cortejarem | cortejareu | cortejaran |
| indicative | preterite | cortegí | cortejares | cortejà | cortejàrem | cortejàreu | cortejaren |
| indicative | conditional | cortejaria | cortejaries | cortejaria | cortejaríem | cortejaríeu | cortejarien |
| subjunctive | | jo | tu | ell/ella vostè | nosaltres nós | vosaltres vós | ells/elles vostès |
| subjunctive | present | cortegi | cortegis | cortegi | cortegem | cortegeu | cortegin |
| subjunctive | imperfect | cortegés | cortegessis | cortegés | cortegéssim | cortegéssiu | cortegessin |
| imperative | | — | tu | vostè | nosaltres | vosaltres vós | vostès |
| imperative | affirmative | — | corteja | cortegi | cortegem | cortegeu | cortegin |
| imperative | negative (no) | — | no cortegis | no cortegi | no cortegem | no cortegeu | no cortegin |

### Further reading

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

## Portuguese
### Etymology

Borrowing from Italian corteggiare.

### Pronunciation

* (Brazil) IPA: /koʁ.teˈʒa(ʁ)/ [koh.teˈʒa(h)]
* (Brazil) IPA: /koʁ.teˈʒa(ʁ)/ [koh.teˈʒa(h)]
** (São Paulo) IPA: /koɾ.teˈʒa(ɾ)/
** (Rio de Janeiro) IPA: /koʁ.teˈʒa(ʁ)/ [koχ.teˈʒa(χ)]
** (Southern Brazil) IPA: /koɻ.teˈʒa(ɻ)/
* (Portugal) IPA: /kuɾ.tɨˈʒaɾ/
* (Portugal) IPA: /kuɾ.tɨˈʒaɾ/
** (Southern Portugal) IPA: /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

$^1$Brazilian Portuguese. $^2$European Portuguese.

## Spanish
### Etymology

Borrowed from Italian corteggiare.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /koɾteˈxaɾ/ [koɾ.t̪eˈxaɾ]
* Rhymes: -aɾ
* Syllabification: cor‧te‧jar

### Verb

cortejar (first-person singular present cortejo, first-person singular preterite cortejé, past participle cortejado)
* to court, woo

#### Conjugation

| infinitive | infinitive | infinitive | cortejar | cortejar | cortejar | cortejar | cortejar |
| gerund | gerund | gerund | cortejando | cortejando | cortejando | cortejando | cortejando |
| past participle | past participle | | | masculine | masculine | feminine | feminine |
| past participle | past participle | singular | singular | cortejado | cortejado | cortejada | cortejada |
| past participle | past participle | plural | plural | cortejados | cortejados | cortejadas | cortejadas |
| | | singular | singular | singular | plural | plural | plural |
| | | 1st person | 2nd person | 3rd person | 1st person | 2nd person | 3rd person |
| indicative | | yo | tú vos | él/ella/ello usted | nosotros nosotras | vosotros vosotras | ellos/ellas ustedes |
| indicative | present | cortejo | cortejas$^{tú}$ cortejás$^{vos}$ | corteja | cortejamos | cortejáis | cortejan |
| indicative | imperfect | cortejaba | cortejabas | cortejaba | cortejábamos | cortejabais | cortejaban |
| indicative | preterite | cortejé | cortejaste | cortejó | cortejamos | cortejasteis | cortejaron |
| indicative | future | cortejaré | cortejarás | cortejará | cortejaremos | cortejaréis | cortejarán |
| indicative | conditional | cortejaría | cortejarías | cortejaría | cortejaríamos | cortejaríais | cortejarían |
| subjunctive | | yo | tú vos | él/ella/ello usted | nosotros nosotras | vosotros vosotras | ellos/ellas ustedes |
| subjunctive | present | corteje | cortejes$^{tú}$ cortejés$^{vos2}$ | corteje | cortejemos | cortejéis | cortejen |
| subjunctive | imperfect (ra) | cortejara | cortejaras | cortejara | cortejáramos | cortejarais | cortejaran |
| subjunctive | imperfect (se) | cortejase | cortejases | cortejase | cortejásemos | cortejaseis | cortejasen |
| subjunctive | future$^1$ | cortejare | cortejares | cortejare | cortejáremos | cortejareis | cortejaren |
| imperative | | — | tú vos | usted | nosotros nosotras | vosotros vosotras | ustedes |
| imperative | affirmative | | corteja$^{tú}$ cortejá$^{vos}$ | corteje | cortejemos | cortejad | cortejen |
| imperative | negative | | no cortejes | no corteje | no cortejemos | no cortejéis | no cortejen |
$^1$Mostly obsolete, now mainly used in legal language. $^2$Argentine and Uruguayan voseo prefers the tú form for the present subjunctive.
These forms are generated automatically and may not actually be used. Pronoun usage varies by region.

### Further reading

* “cortejar”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014