cortina
part of speech
noun (a Cortina, Cortinas; a cortina, cortinas); proper noun (Cortina)
meaning for a pupil
1) (a name) The Ford Cortina, a very popular family car in Britain, Ireland, Australia and New Zealand from 1962 to 1982. tree →
2) (a place name) Cortina d'Ampezzo, a ski town in the Dolomite mountains of northern Italy that hosted Winter Olympics in 1956 and, with Milan, in 2026. tree →
3) (science, rare) A cobweb-like veil under the cap of some young mushrooms. tree →
4) (Spanish) In Spanish, «cortina» means a curtain; it is not an English word in that sense. tree →
sense in the lessons
It is a short honest entry: in English texts it is almost always a name — of an old car seen in stories set in 1970s Britain, or of the Italian ski town in sports news. Phrases: «a Ford Cortina», «Cortina d'Ampezzo».
examples
- Grandad's first car was a blue Ford Cortina. tree →
- The skiers raced down the slopes at Cortina. tree →
- The 2026 Winter Olympics were held in Milan and Cortina. tree →
- In the old photo, the family stands next to their Cortina. tree →
- Some mushrooms have a cortina, a web-like veil under the cap. tree →
note
Usually written with a capital C as a name. Said «kor-TEE-nuh». In Spanish and Italian it means «curtain», which can confuse learners.
Trees and pragmatics
Every meaning and example of «cortina» parsed by Mova, each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.