- cortesía
- f.1 courtesy, civility, good manners, politeness.2 courteous action, favor, attention, courteous act.3 comity.* * *cortesía► nombre femenino1 (educación) courtesy, politeness■ ha sido una cortesía de tu parte acompañarnos hasta el aeropuerto it was very kind of you to come with us to the airport2 (en cartas) formal ending3 (tratamiento) title4 (reverencia) bow, curtsy5 (regalo) present■ esta bolsa es una cortesía de la empresa this bag is courtesy of the company* * *noun f.courtesy, politeness* * *SF1) (=conducta) courtesy, politeness
visita de cortesía — courtesy call
entrada de cortesía — complimentary ticket
días de cortesía — (Com) days of grace
por cortesía — as a courtesy
2) (=etiqueta) social etiquettela cortesía pide que ... — etiquette demands that ...
3) [de carta] formal ending4) (=reverencia) [de hombre] bow; [de mujer] curtsyhacer una cortesía a algn — [hombre] to bow to sb; [mujer] to curtsy to sb
5) (=regalo) present, gift* * *femeninoa) (urbanidad, amabilidad) courtesy, politenessson reglas elementales de cortesía — it's common courtesy
la trató con cortesía — he was polite to her
b)de cortesía — <entrada> complimentary; <visita> courtesy (before n)
c) (atención)le agradezco la cortesía — (frml) I would like to thank you for your kind invitation (o offer etc)
es una cortesía de la casa — it comes with the compliments of the house
tuvo la cortesía de invitarnos — she was kind enough to invite us
* * *= courtesy, politeness, civility.Ex. Why dont't they give these people some lessons in common courtesy?.Ex. These messages were examined for 'friendly' features, such as politeness, specificity, constructiveness and helpfulness, and for 'unfriendly' features, like the use of cryptic codes or vocabulary, or language which users might find threatening, domineering, or emotive.Ex. Matters of civility rather than criminality are the focus of the discussion.----* con cortesía = courteously.* cortesía de = courtesy of.* espejo de cortesía = vanity mirror.* hoja de cortesía = fly-leaf [fly-leaves, -pl.].* hojas de cortesía = endpapers.* por cortesía de = courtesy of.* reglas de cortesía = etiquette.* reglas de cortesía en Internet = netiquette.* * *femeninoa) (urbanidad, amabilidad) courtesy, politenessson reglas elementales de cortesía — it's common courtesy
la trató con cortesía — he was polite to her
b)de cortesía — <entrada> complimentary; <visita> courtesy (before n)
c) (atención)le agradezco la cortesía — (frml) I would like to thank you for your kind invitation (o offer etc)
es una cortesía de la casa — it comes with the compliments of the house
tuvo la cortesía de invitarnos — she was kind enough to invite us
* * *= courtesy, politeness, civility.Ex: Why dont't they give these people some lessons in common courtesy?.
Ex: These messages were examined for 'friendly' features, such as politeness, specificity, constructiveness and helpfulness, and for 'unfriendly' features, like the use of cryptic codes or vocabulary, or language which users might find threatening, domineering, or emotive.Ex: Matters of civility rather than criminality are the focus of the discussion.* con cortesía = courteously.* cortesía de = courtesy of.* espejo de cortesía = vanity mirror.* hoja de cortesía = fly-leaf [fly-leaves, -pl.].* hojas de cortesía = endpapers.* por cortesía de = courtesy of.* reglas de cortesía = etiquette.* reglas de cortesía en Internet = netiquette.* * *cortesíafeminine1 (urbanidad, amabilidad) courtesy, politenessdesconoce las reglas de cortesía más elementales he has no idea of common courtesyla trató con cortesía he was polite to her, he treated her courteously o politely2de cortesía ‹entrada› complimentary;‹visita› courtesy (before n) fórmula3(atención): le agradezco la cortesía (frml); I would like to thank you for your kind invitation ( o offer etc)es una cortesía de la casa it comes with the compliments of the housetuvo la cortesía de invitarnos she was kind enough to invite us* * *
cortesía sustantivo femeninoa) (urbanidad, amabilidad) courtesy, politeness;◊ la trató con cortesía he was polite to her;
tuvo la cortesía de invitarnos she was kind enough to invite usb)◊ de cortesía ‹entrada› complimentary;
‹visita› courtesy (before n)
cortesía sustantivo femenino courtesy, politeness
'cortesía' also found in these entries:
Spanish:
bondad
- deferencia
- delicadeza
- detalle
- educación
- gentileza
- gustar
- visita
- atención
- correctamente
- don
- doña
- encantado
- fórmula
- gusto
- igualmente
- orden
- señor
- señorita
- temer
- tratamiento
English:
courtesy
- decency
- gallantry
- grace
- gracefully
- politeness
- breeding
- chivalry
- pleasantry
* * *cortesía nf1. [gentileza] courtesy;una fórmula de cortesía a polite expression;una visita de cortesía a courtesy call;las trataron con cortesía they were treated courteously o politely;por cortesía de courtesy of;tuvo la cortesía de llamarme he was kind enough to phone me;no tuvo la cortesía de mandar una felicitación he didn't have the courtesy to send a card;le daremos diez minutos de cortesía we'll give him ten minutes2. [obsequio]el vino es cortesía del restaurante the wine comes with the compliments of the house* * *cortesíaf courtesy;tener la cortesía de hacer algo be kind enough to do sth;por cortesía de … by courtesy of …* * *cortesía nf1) : courtesy, politeness2)de cortesía : complimentary, free* * *cortesía n courtesy
Spanish-English dictionary. 2013.
