🇪🇸 Spanish

corte

Did you know? This word is a cognate — it looks similar in English and has the same meaning. Cognates are usually easier to remember!
feminine

la corte

court

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corte
/la ˈkoɾte/
← masculine feminine →

How do you say corte in Spanish?

IPA
/la ˈkoɾte/

How do you pronounce corte in Spanish?

corte is pronounced /la ˈkoɾte/ in Spanish.

Example sentences

La corte real española estaba muy preocupada por la sucesión del trono.

The Spanish royal court was very worried about the succession to the throne.

La corte suprema emitió una sentencia histórica que cambió toda la legislación.

The supreme court issued a historic ruling that changed all the legislation.

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Why is it feminine?

Corte is feminine because it derives from Latin "cohors" (cohortis, feminine), which became "corte" in Spanish. The feminine gender was retained through regular phonetic evolution of the Latin feminine form. In Spanish, "corte" means both "court" (royal court) and "cut" (the action of cutting), with the former sense being historically primary and feminine.

What is the Spanish word for court?

The Spanish word for court is la corte — feminine.

Gender across languages

LanguageWordArticleGender
🇫🇷 Frenchtribunal flips!lemasculine
🇮🇹 Italiantribunale flips!ilmasculine
🇵🇹 Portuguesetribunal flips!omasculine

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