cutre

adj.

1 cheap and nasty (de bajo precio, calidad). (peninsular Spanish)

2 shabby, dingy.

3 tight, stingy (tacaño).

4 down-at-heel, shabby.

5 in bad shape.

6 mean, stingy.

f. & m.

Scrooge, miser.

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cutre

► adjetivo

1 (tacaño) mean, stingy

2 familiar (sórdido) grotty, seedy

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adjetivo (Esp fam) <hotel> seedy, shabby; <persona> shabby

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= seedy [seedier -comp., seediest -sup.], cheapo, shabby [shabbier -comp., shabbiest -sup.].

Ex. The city was considered to be seedy (decayed, littered, grimy, and dreary), crowded, busy, and strongly idiosyncratic (quaint, historic, colorful, and full of 'atmosphere').

Ex. I just put the DVD in my cheapo DVD player connected to my TV and it played without a hitch.

Ex. Behind the shabby desk was a rather shabby man, with a tired and indecisive face.

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adjetivo (Esp fam) <hotel> seedy, shabby; <persona> shabby

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= seedy [seedier -comp., seediest -sup.], cheapo, shabby [shabbier -comp., shabbiest -sup.].

Ex: The city was considered to be seedy (decayed, littered, grimy, and dreary), crowded, busy, and strongly idiosyncratic (quaint, historic, colorful, and full of 'atmosphere').

Ex: I just put the DVD in my cheapo DVD player connected to my TV and it played without a hitch.

Ex: Behind the shabby desk was a rather shabby man, with a tired and indecisive face.

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cutre

adjective

1 (Esp fam) ‹hotel› seedy, shabby

el bar es un poco cutre the bar is a bit of a dive o is pretty seedy (colloq)

es un chico de lo más cutre he's terribly shabby o down-at-heel(s)

2 (ant) (tacaño) stingy

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cutre adj fam
1 (de mala calidad) shabby, grotty, seedy
2 (tacaño) stingy
'cutre' also found in these entries:
English:
seedily
- seedy
- tatty

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cutre adj

Esp Fam

1. [de bajo precio, calidad] cheap and nasty, crummy

2. [sórdido] shabby, dingy;

un garito cutre a sleazy nightclub

3. [tacaño] tight, stingy

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cutre

adj fam

shabby, dingy