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  Cortes

  noun

  (in Spain or Portugal) the two houses constituting the national legislative body.
• Cortés
  Cortés

  noun

  Hernando Hernán 1485–1547, Spanish conqueror of Mexico.

Cortes

¹ American  

[kawr-tiz, kawr-tes] / ˈkɔr tɪz, ˈkɔr tɛs /

noun

1. (in Spain or Portugal) the two houses constituting the national legislative body.

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Cortés ² American  

[kawr-tez, kawr-tes] / kɔrˈtɛz, kɔrˈtɛs /

Or Cortez

noun

1. Hernando Hernán 1485–1547, Spanish conqueror of Mexico.

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Cortes ¹ British  

/ ˈkortes, ˈkɔːtɛz /

noun

1. the national assembly of Spain and (until 1910) Portugal

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Cortés ² British  

/ kɔːˈtɛz, ˈkɔːtɛz, korˈtes /

noun

1. Hernando (ɛrˈnando) or Hernán (ɛrˈnan). 1485–1547, Spanish conquistador: defeated the Aztecs and conquered Mexico (1523)

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Etymology

Origin of Cortes

1660–70; < Spanish, plural of corte court

Example Sentences

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Cortes Cortés

Mandy Woods and Jorge Cortes filed the lawsuit in the U.S.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 24, 2026

Susan Cortes, 24, said that while she has never heard of private investments, she is open to learning about them someday.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 12, 2025

Cortes had offered minimal help in his first three Padres outings, giving up seven runs in 15 innings while averaging barely 90 mph with his fastball.

From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 23, 2025

Whenever she pushed back, she claimed, Marquez Cortes warned that she’d lose her chance at citizenship.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 14, 2025

Pizarro explicitly modeled his ambush of Atahuallpa on the successful strategy of Cortes.

From "Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies" by Jared M. Diamond

As Marfil Cortés, the daughter of a Spanish business tycoon, she plays a young woman so beautiful and charming she would otherwise be haughty and annoying.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 9, 2026

The year 2021 marked the 500th anniversary of the fall of Tenochtitlán, the site of modern-day Mexico City and the capital of the Aztec empire, at the hands of Hernán Cortés and his small army.

From BBC ● Mar. 17, 2026

“From its tech to its literal abundance of power, this electric pickup truck is fast, capable off-road, and the best-looking in its class,” wrote Gabriel Vega Cortés, editor of vehicle testing.

From Barron's ● Feb. 18, 2026

"Our study is the first to examine these possible ecological interactions," said Dirley Cortés, lead author and doctoral student in the Department of Biology.

From Science Daily ● Dec. 19, 2025

He had a biography of Cortés; a translation of Gregory of Tours; a study of Victorian murderesses, put out by the Harvard University Press.

From "The Secret History" by Donna Tartt