culta
Culta is the feminine form of the adjective culto in Spanish and Portuguese, meaning educated, cultured, or refined. It describes people, tastes, and things associated with high culture—literature, art, music, and similar domains. The masculine counterpart is culto, and the noun cultura denotes culture in general. Common phrases include una persona culta (a cultured person) and cultura culta (high culture).
The term derives from Latin cultus, meaning cultivation, care, or worship, and shares roots with related Romance-language
In Portuguese and Spanish, the word coexists with cultura and culto; it is often contrasted with cultura