curtsy in the Oxford Spanish Dictionary

curtsy in the PONS Dictionary

curtsy Examples from the PONS Dictionary (editorially verified)

to make a curtsy to sb
hacer una reverencia a alguien
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Royal wedding spawns a business in manners that teaches young girls everything from how to curtsy to handling a spoon at a tea party.
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He asked the audience to hold applause until the final, and collective, curtsies.
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Harry landed on the green and the second time he met the nervous guests with a delightful curtsy that had everyone cheering.
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I understand she curtsied once, and only once, to her daughter and that was at her coronation.
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Hands will be waved, flowers will be collected, skirts will be curtsied.
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Perhaps because we curtsy to a foreign monarch and fly her flag on ours?
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Try 12 curtsies on each side and work up to three sets.
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The curtsy lunge works out your legs, glutes and thighs.
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Everyone's all dressed up and it's all very formal, you learn how to curtsy and it's all very, very formal.
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The word curtsy is a phonological change from courtesy known in linguistics as syncope.
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