Polyglot Dictionary

cortijo

/koɾˈtixo/

el noun C1

el (masc.) la (fem.)

Underline = a spelling pattern that usually signals that gender.

N Register Neutral Era Current Frequency Academic Domain General Tone Neutral

Forms

plural
cortijos

Meaning

  1. farmhouse

    • Viven en un cortijo andaluz.

      They live in an Andalusian farmhouse.

N Category Thing Concreteness Concrete Animacy Inanimate Countability Countable Scope Individual

Similar words

alquería

alquería and cortijo both mean a traditional rural farmhouse; cortijo specifically refers to a large Andalusian farmhouse, alquería is used more generally.

Practice

1 What does cortijo mean?

2 Fill the gap: Viven en un ___ andaluz.

3 Which fingerprint chart matches cortijo?

noun

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