Cortes

Meaning

any of several legislative assemblies of Spain and Portugal; parliamentary chambers which exercise the power to craft legislation and control the actions of government as elected representatives of the public or, historically, in an advisory role to a reigning monarch

Hyphenated as

Cor‧tes

Gender

♀️ Feminine

Pronounced as (IPA)

/ˈkoɾtes/

Etymology

A proper noun usage of cortes (“courts, chambers”) from Vulgar Latin cōrtēs, plural of cōrs, cōrtis, a short form via syncope of Latin cohortem (“court; enclosure”) from co- + hortus (“garden, country house, villa”) from Proto-Indo-European *ǵʰortós (“enclosure”) from *ǵʰer- (“to enclose”).

Sentences

Fue el único diputado por Navarra en las Cortes Constituyentes de Cádiz .

He was the only deputy for Navarre in the Constituent Courts of Cadiz.