cutre

Spanish

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cutre m or f (masculine and feminine plural cutres) (colloquial)

(of a thing) of bad quality, poor
Synonyms: pobre, mediocre
(of a place) shabby, seedy, cheesy
Synonyms: sucio, mugriento, abandonado, descuidado

¡Pero qué lugar más cutre al que me has traído!
The place you've brought me to is so shabby!
(person) stingy, small-minded, scrounger, mean
Synonyms: mezquino, pobre de espíritu, tacaño

Tus amigos son unos cutres. Siempre que vamos a un bar dicen que se les ha olvidado la cartera.
Your friends are mean and stingy, every time we go out to a pub they say they have forgotten their wallet.