Definition of "cortes" []

• The legislative assembly, composed of nobility, clergy, and representatives of cities, which in Spain and in Portugal answers, in some measure, to the Parliament of Great Britain. (noun-plural)

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• "In the end, the cuts in salaries led to a new form of 'cortes' - where roads were 'cut' by angry, demoralised and disgusted people who finally could take no more."
• "Español · República Dominicana: Resolviendo el problema de los cortes eléctricos"
• "Mi exilio voluntario no me permitió verlos, pero gracias a Frecuencias Alternas pude disfrutar de algunos cortes de su nueva producción, más una buena conversación sobre los nuevos rumbos y cosas del pasado."