cutre

shabby

adjective KOO-treh Rare

Also means

tacky, cheap

Usage Note

Cutre is a colloquial Spain-Spanish adjective meaning shabby, cheap, or of poor quality — applied to places, things, or behaviour. Un bar cutre is a dingy bar; una excusa cutre is a lame excuse. It does not have a common Latin American equivalent and may not be understood there. It is invariable for gender (un sitio cutre / una fiesta cutre) and forms a colloquial superlative cutrísimo.

Examples

"Cenamos en un restaurante bastante cutre."

Natural Translation

We had dinner in a rather shabby restaurant.

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