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# cortina

noun (a Cortina, Cortinas; a cortina, cortinas); proper noun (Cortina)

«cortina» in the English dictionary: everyday — its meanings, how the lessons use it, and examples, each with its tree on Mova.

## Everyday

1. (a name) The Ford Cortina, a very popular family car in Britain, Ireland, Australia and New Zealand from 1962 to 1982. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/cortina/#m1)
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 →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/cortina/#m2)
3. (science, rare) A cobweb-like veil under the cap of some young mushrooms. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/cortina/#m3)
4. (Spanish) In Spanish, «cortina» means a curtain; it is not an English word in that sense. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/cortina/#m4)

### 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 →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/cortina/#x1)
- The skiers raced down the slopes at Cortina. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/cortina/#x2)
- The 2026 Winter Olympics were held in Milan and Cortina. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/cortina/#x3)
- In the old photo, the family stands next to their Cortina. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/cortina/#x4)
- Some mushrooms have a cortina, a web-like veil under the cap. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/cortina/#x5)

### 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.

## On Mova

- [Trees and pragmatics of «cortina» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/cortina/): every meaning and example parsed by Mova, with its dependency tree and frames.
- [«cortina» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/cortina.html) on Mova free.