cursi

adj.

1 tacky(dress, song).

2 prissy, affected, la-di-da, chichi.

f. & m.

affected person.

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cursi

► adjetivo

1 familiar (afectado) pretentious, affected, twee

► nombre masulino o femenino

1 familiar pretentious person, affected person

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1. ADJ

1) [persona] (=amanerado) affected; (=remilgado) prissy; [en sus gustos] twee

2) [objeto] twee

2.

SMF

es una cursi — (=amanerada) she's so affected; (=niña remilgada) she's so prissy; [en sus gustos] she's so twee

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I

adjetivo (fam) <objeto> corny, twee (BrE); <idea> sentimental, twee (BrE); <decoración> chichi

la encuentro cursi — she just seems affected to me

II

masculino y femenino (fam)

es un cursi — he's so affected o twee

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= cutesy [cutesier -comp., cutesiest -sup.], prissy [prissier -comp., prissiest -sup.], stilted, high-flown, mushy [mushier -comp., mushiest -sup.].

Ex. His prose, for instance, is repeatedly either too cutesy or too technical.

Ex. It is especially important that the classroom not be dominated by a 'prissy' middle-class atmosphere.

Ex. His eccentricity was stilted and contrived.

Ex. Disaffected and literally unliterary pubescent readers were expected to be hooked by his high-flown style.

Ex. However, these mushy words do little to reveal the refractory person uttering them.

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I

adjetivo (fam) <objeto> corny, twee (BrE); <idea> sentimental, twee (BrE); <decoración> chichi

la encuentro cursi — she just seems affected to me

II

masculino y femenino (fam)

es un cursi — he's so affected o twee

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= cutesy [cutesier -comp., cutesiest -sup.], prissy [prissier -comp., prissiest -sup.], stilted, high-flown, mushy [mushier -comp., mushiest -sup.].

Ex: His prose, for instance, is repeatedly either too cutesy or too technical.

Ex: It is especially important that the classroom not be dominated by a 'prissy' middle-class atmosphere.

Ex: His eccentricity was stilted and contrived.

Ex: Disaffected and literally unliterary pubescent readers were expected to be hooked by his high-flown style.

Ex: However, these mushy words do little to reveal the refractory person uttering them.

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cursi¹

adjective

(fam):

se cree muy elegante y refinada pero yo la encuentro cursi she thinks she's so chic and refined but she just seems affected to me

sus ideas sobre el matrimonio son de lo más cursi her ideas on marriage are terribly romantic and sentimental, she has such twee ideas about marriage (BrE)

llevaba unos lacitos en el pelo de lo más cursi she was wearing some horribly prissy o (AmE) cutesy o (BrE) twee little ribbons in her hair

tenía la casa decorada de la manera más cursi the decor in his house was terribly chichi o precious o fussy

es muy cursilona she's terribly precious o affected o (BrE) twee

cursi²

masculine and feminine

(fam)

es un cursi he's so affected o precious o (BrE) twee

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cursi adjetivo (fam) ‹objeto› corny, twee (BrE);
‹idea› sentimental, twee (BrE);
‹decoración› chichi;
‹persona› affected;
■ sustantivo masculino y femenino (fam):

◊ es un cursi he's so affected o (BrE) twee

cursi adjetivo pey pretentious, affected

'cursi' also found in these entries:
Spanish:
repipi
- siútico
English:
corny
- genteel
- twee

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cursi

♦ adj

1. [vestido, canción] tacky, Br naff;

se puso un sombrero muy cursi she put on this really tacky o Br naff hat;

a mi abuela le gustan esas cortinas tan cursis my grandmother likes those twee curtains

2. [modales, persona]

es un escritor muy cursi he's such a corny writer;

camina de una manera muy cursi she has a very affected way of walking;

no seas cursi, cómete el plátano con las manos don't be so prissy, eat the banana with your hands

♦ nmf

affected person;

es un cursi he's so affected;

no seas un cursi, cómete el plátano con las manos don't be so prissy, eat the banana with your hands

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cursi

fam

I adj persona affected

II m/f

:

es un cursi he is so affected

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cursi adj, fam : affected, pretentious

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cursi adj twee