Usage examples of "cortés" in Spanish with translation to English

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Tom sólo estaba siendo cortés. Tom was just being polite.
Un poco antes esta tarde, recibí una llamada extraordinariamente cortés del senador McCain. El senador McCain luchó por mucho tiempo duramente en esta campaña. Y ha luchado incluso más duramente y por más tiempo por el país que ama. Ha realizado sacrificios por Estados Unidos que muchos de nosotros no podemos ni imaginar. Estamos en una situación mejor gracias al servicio rendido por este líder valiente y desinteresado. A little bit earlier this evening, I received an extraordinarily gracious call from Senator McCain. Senator McCain fought long and hard in this campaign. And he's fought even longer and harder for the country that he loves. He has endured sacrifices for America that most of us cannot begin to imagine. We are better off for the service rendered by this brave and selfless leader.
Ella me hizo una reverencia cortés. She made a polite bow to me.
Su conducta fue cualquier cosa menos cortés. His behavior was anything but polite.
Es más cortés decir delgado que flaco. It's more polite to say thin than skinny.
Sé tan cortés como puedas cuando pides direcciones. Try to be as polite as you can when asking directions.
Podrías al menos tratar de ser más cortés, aunque no sea tu naturaleza. You could at least try to be a bit more polite, even though it's not like you.
¿Es verdad que en España hay una estatua de Hernán Cortés pisando la cabeza despojada de un indio? Is it true that in Spain there's a statue of Hernán Cortez stepping on the severed head of an indian?
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