Cortes
noun
(in Spain or Portugal) the two houses constituting the national legislative body.
Cortez
-
a variation of
Cortés.
Example Sentences
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“Brazil has in fact become a thorn in the side—and a problem—for U.S. foreign policy,” said Rafael Cortez, a political scientist at São Paulo-based consulting firm Tendências.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 5, 2026
Panaderia El Cortez worker Esperanza Cancharí said the store had to throw out all of the pan dulce it had made fresh on Friday morning after it went stale during the evacuation.
From Los Angeles Times ● May 28, 2026
That was the case for Madison Cortez of Fremont, who wished she had considered holding back her daughter, now in fifth grade, who started school during the pandemic.
From Los Angeles Times ● Mar. 24, 2026
"This measure is a way to make vacationers aware of the pollution they are generating on the beaches," the mayor of Lima's Chorrillos district, Richard Cortez, told reporters.
From Barron's ● Feb. 14, 2026
Point out the double sense of the word "expedition" in the following sentences: "With winged expedition, swift as lightning."—Milton. "The expedition of Cortez miserably failed."—Prescott.
From New Word-Analysis by William Swinton
