hortera

adj.

1 tacky(informal) (decoration, clothes, song). (peninsular Spanish)

es muy hortera he has really tacky o naff taste (British)

2 bad-taste, tacky.

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hortera

► adjetivo

1 familiar (grosero) common, vulgar, tasteless; (cursi) corny, tacky; (ostentoso) flashy

► nombre masulino o femenino

1 vulgar person, person with no taste

■ tu amiga es una hortera your friend has no taste

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I * Esp

1. ADJ INV

1) (=de mal gusto) [decoración] tacky *, tasteless, vulgar; [persona] lacking in taste; [gustos] terrible, crude

2) † (=fingido) fraud, sham

2.

SMF

es un hortera — his taste stinks *, he has lousy taste *

II

† SF wooden bowl

III

† SM shop-assistant, grocer's boy

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I

adjetivo (Esp fam) <vestido> tacky (colloq); <cantante> uncool (colloq)

II

masculino y femenino (Esp fam)

es una hortera — she's so uncool (colloq)

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= tawdry [tawdrier -comp., tawdriest -sup.], tacky [tackier -comp., tackiest -sup.], gaudy [gaudier -comp., gaudiest -sup.], bad taste, naff.

Ex. This article looks at 'fairness' in the book trade today, and some of the tawdry tricks indulged in by publishers, agents and authors at each other's expense.

Ex. There was nothing tacky about the invitation, other that the request that gifts be in the form of cash, of course.

Ex. Less gaudy techniques are usually in the end more successful.

Ex. However, there is a gleeful bad-taste energy throughout; the film's dumb good nature is infectious, though hardly commendable.

Ex. Elton then started to metamorphose from 'sensitive guy' singer into someone famous for wearing naff sunglasses and dressing up as a duck.

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I

adjetivo (Esp fam) <vestido> tacky (colloq); <cantante> uncool (colloq)

II

masculino y femenino (Esp fam)

es una hortera — she's so uncool (colloq)

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= tawdry [tawdrier -comp., tawdriest -sup.], tacky [tackier -comp., tackiest -sup.], gaudy [gaudier -comp., gaudiest -sup.], bad taste, naff.

Ex: This article looks at 'fairness' in the book trade today, and some of the tawdry tricks indulged in by publishers, agents and authors at each other's expense.

Ex: There was nothing tacky about the invitation, other that the request that gifts be in the form of cash, of course.

Ex: Less gaudy techniques are usually in the end more successful.

Ex: However, there is a gleeful bad-taste energy throughout; the film's dumb good nature is infectious, though hardly commendable.

Ex: Elton then started to metamorphose from 'sensitive guy' singer into someone famous for wearing naff sunglasses and dressing up as a duck.

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hortera¹

adjective

(Esp fam) ‹vestido› tacky (colloq), naff (BrE colloq); ‹cantante› uncool (colloq), naff (BrE colloq)

tiene un gusto de lo más hortera para vestirse he has lousy o really naff taste in clothes (colloq)

tiene un novio hortera she has a really uncool boyfriend (colloq)

la canción es super-hortera it's a really uncool o naff song

hortera²

masculine and feminine

(Esp fam)

es una hortera she's so uncool (colloq), she likes such tacky things (colloq), she has really naff taste (BrE colloq)

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hortera adjetivo (Esp fam) ‹vestido/canción› tacky (colloq);

◊ es muy hortera he has very tacky taste

hortera
I adj fam
1 (persona) flashy, vulgar: esa mujer es tan hortera, that woman has no taste at all
2 (objeto) tacky, kitsch
II mf es un hortera, he has no taste

'hortera' also found in these entries:
English:
brash
- flash
- flashy
- loud
- naff
- tacky
- tawdry
- vulgar

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hortera Esp Fam

♦ adj

1. [decoración, ropa, canción] tacky, Br naff

2. [persona]

es muy hortera he has really tacky o Br naff taste

♦ nmf

es un hortera he has really tacky o Br naff taste

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hortera

I fam

adj tacky fam

II m/f fam

tacky person fam

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hortera adj, Spain fam : tacky, gaudy

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hortera adj naff