Sentence examples of "cortesía" in Spanish

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Ellos confundieron mi cortesía por amistad. They mistook my politeness for friendship.
El Presidente me hizo la cortesía de responder mi carta. The President did me the courtesy of replying to my letter.
Algunos dicen que la cortesía de los ingleses es en realidad miedo. Some people say that English politeness is, at bottom, really fear.
Los japoneses se caracterizan por su cortesía. A polite manner is characteristic of Japanese people.
Cortesía de boca gana mucho a poca costa A soft answer turneth away wrath
Cortesía de boca mucho consigue y nada cuesta A soft answer turneth away wrath
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