descortés

adj.

impolite, ill-bred, rude, blunt.

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descortés

► adjetivo

1 impolite, rude, discourteous

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ADJ [persona, comportamiento] rude, impolite, discourteous frm

no quisiera ser descortés, pero tenemos que marcharnos — I don't want to be o seem rude, but we really must be going

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adjetivo <persona> impolite, ill-mannered; <comportamiento> rude, impolite

fue bastante descortés de tu parte — it was rather rude o ill-mannered of you

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= inconsiderate, impolite, ill-mannered, discourteous.

Ex. Library users fall into 4 groups: (1) patrons, who are considerate, grateful and undemanding; (2) 'pests' -- the inconsiderate; (3) 'pirates' who steal, deface and mutilate library property and materials; (4) 'vampires' whose enquiries make excessive demands upon the librarian's time.

Ex. All subjects completed a four-page questionnaire in which they rated Americans on six bipolar adjective dimensions: friendly/unfriendly, polite/impolite, industrious/lazy, religious/anti-religious, generous/stingy, and patriotic/not patriotic.

Ex. Results also show, however, that the average fan is egoistic & often ill-mannered, & lays claims to leadership & superiority.

Ex. The discourteous, unfeeling, & degrading reception encountered by job applicants is discussed.

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adjetivo <persona> impolite, ill-mannered; <comportamiento> rude, impolite

fue bastante descortés de tu parte — it was rather rude o ill-mannered of you

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= inconsiderate, impolite, ill-mannered, discourteous.

Ex: Library users fall into 4 groups: (1) patrons, who are considerate, grateful and undemanding; (2) 'pests' -- the inconsiderate; (3) 'pirates' who steal, deface and mutilate library property and materials; (4) 'vampires' whose enquiries make excessive demands upon the librarian's time.

Ex: All subjects completed a four-page questionnaire in which they rated Americans on six bipolar adjective dimensions: friendly/unfriendly, polite/impolite, industrious/lazy, religious/anti-religious, generous/stingy, and patriotic/not patriotic.

Ex: Results also show, however, that the average fan is egoistic & often ill-mannered, & lays claims to leadership & superiority.

Ex: The discourteous, unfeeling, & degrading reception encountered by job applicants is discussed.

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descortés

adjective

‹persona› impolite, ill-mannered, discourteous (frml); ‹comportamiento› rude, impolite

fue bastante descortés de tu parte no ofrecerte a llevarlos a la estación it was rather rude o impolite o ill-mannered of you not to offer to take them to the station

no quiero ser descortés, pero yo mañana tengo que levantarme temprano I don't mean to be rude, but I have to get up early tomorrow

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descortés adjetivo ‹persona› impolite, ill-mannered;
‹comportamiento› rude, impolite
descortés adjetivo discourteous, impolite
'descortés' also found in these entries:
Spanish:
incorrecta
- incorrecto
- malencarada
- malencarado
- descortesía
- grosero
English:
offhand
- rude
- unceremonious
- discourteous
- impolite
- ungracious

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descortés (pl descorteses) adj

[persona, conduca, detalle] rude, discourteous;

no seas tan descortés don't be so rude;

fue muy descortés de o [m5]por su parte no estrecharnos la mano it was very ill-mannered of him not to shake hands with us;

no quisiera parecer descortés, pero ya es muy tarde I don't want to seem impolite o rude, but it's getting very late

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descortés

adj impolite, rude

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descortés adj, pl -teses : discourteous, rude

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descortés adj impolite / rude