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cutre.

of bad quality, poor, shoddy

5 characters2 syllables approx.Español language

Meaning & usage

adj/ˈkutɾe/[ˈku.t̪ɾe]
  1. of bad quality, poor, shoddy

    colloquial · feminine · masculine
  2. shabby, seedy, cheesy

    colloquial · feminine · masculine
    ¡Pero qué lugar más cutre al que me has traído!
  3. stingy, small-minded, scrounger, mean

    colloquial · feminine · masculine · person
    Tus amigos son unos cutres. Siempre que vamos a un bar dicen que se les ha olvidado la cartera.
Where this word comes from

Uncertain, but most likely from kurtí (“short, small”) from Caló (a Romani-Iberian dialect), first introduced in Spanish in the 20th century as a Madrid slang.

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