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1 cursi
adj.1 tacky(dress, song).2 prissy, affected, la-di-da, chichi.f. & m.affected person.* * *► adjetivo1 familiar (afectado) pretentious, affected, twee1 familiar pretentious person, affected person* * *1. ADJ1) [persona] (=amanerado) affected; (=remilgado) prissy; [en sus gustos] twee2) [objeto] twee2.SMFes una cursi — (=amanerada) she's so affected; (=niña remilgada) she's so prissy; [en sus gustos] she's so twee
* * *Iadjetivo (fam) < objeto> corny, twee (BrE); < idea> sentimental, twee (BrE); < decoración> chichiIImasculino y femenino (fam)es un cursi — he's so affected o twee
* * *= cutesy [cutesier -comp., cutesiest -sup.], prissy [prissier -comp., prissiest -sup.], stilted, high-flown, mushy [mushier -comp., mushiest -sup.].Ex. His prose, for instance, is repeatedly either too cutesy or too technical.Ex. It is especially important that the classroom not be dominated by a ' prissy' middle-class atmosphere.Ex. His eccentricity was stilted and contrived.Ex. Disaffected and literally unliterary pubescent readers were expected to be hooked by his high-flown style.Ex. However, these mushy words do little to reveal the refractory person uttering them.* * *Iadjetivo (fam) < objeto> corny, twee (BrE); < idea> sentimental, twee (BrE); < decoración> chichiIImasculino y femenino (fam)es un cursi — he's so affected o twee
* * *= cutesy [cutesier -comp., cutesiest -sup.], prissy [prissier -comp., prissiest -sup.], stilted, high-flown, mushy [mushier -comp., mushiest -sup.].Ex: His prose, for instance, is repeatedly either too cutesy or too technical.
Ex: It is especially important that the classroom not be dominated by a ' prissy' middle-class atmosphere.Ex: His eccentricity was stilted and contrived.Ex: Disaffected and literally unliterary pubescent readers were expected to be hooked by his high-flown style.Ex: However, these mushy words do little to reveal the refractory person uttering them.* * *( fam):se cree muy elegante y refinada pero yo la encuentro cursi she thinks she's so chic and refined but she just seems affected to mesus ideas sobre el matrimonio son de lo más cursi her ideas on marriage are terribly romantic and sentimental, she has such twee ideas about marriage ( BrE)llevaba unos lacitos en el pelo de lo más cursi she was wearing some horribly prissy o ( AmE) cutesy o ( BrE) twee little ribbons in her hairtenía la casa decorada de la manera más cursi the decor in his house was terribly chichi o precious o fussyes muy cursilona she's terribly precious o affected o ( BrE) twee( fam)es un cursi he's so affected o precious o ( BrE) twee* * *
cursi adjetivo (fam) ‹ objeto› corny, twee (BrE);
‹ idea› sentimental, twee (BrE);
‹ decoración› chichi;
‹ persona› affected;
■ sustantivo masculino y femenino (fam):◊ es un cursi he's so affected o (BrE) twee
cursi adjetivo pey pretentious, affected
' cursi' also found in these entries:
Spanish:
repipi
- siútico
English:
corny
- genteel
- twee
* * *♦ adj1. [vestido, canción] tacky, Br naff;a mi abuela le gustan esas cortinas tan cursis my grandmother likes those twee curtainscamina de una manera muy cursi she has a very affected way of walking;no seas cursi, cómete el plátano con las manos don't be so prissy, eat the banana with your hands♦ nmfaffected person;es un cursi he's so affected;no seas un cursi, cómete el plátano con las manos don't be so prissy, eat the banana with your hands* * *famI adj persona affectedII m/f:es un cursi he is so affected* * ** * *cursi adj twee -
2 cursilería
f.pretentiousness, snobbishness, bad taste.* * *1→ link=cursilada cursilada* * *SF1) (=cualidad) (=amaneramiento) [gen] affectation; [de niña remilgada] prissiness; (=mal gusto) tweeness2) (=acto)* * *cursilada femeninoraya en la cursilería — it verges on the sentimental o the schmaltzy
* * *cursilada femeninoraya en la cursilería — it verges on the sentimental o the schmaltzy
* * *cursilería, cursiladaes difícil hacer una película romántica que no raye en la cursilería it's difficult to make a romantic film that doesn't lapse into sentimentality o into being schmaltzylas invitaciones a la boda le parecieron una cursilería she thought the wedding invitations were rather cutesy ( AmE) o ( BrE) twee* * *cursilería nf1.[comentario] to be stupid o Br naff; [decoración, objeto] to be tacky o Br naff;ser una cursilería [acto, comportamiento] to be affected;esas cortinas que le gustan a mi abuela son una cursilería those curtains my grandmother likes are really twee;es una cursilería comer el plátano con cuchillo y tenedor it's really prissy to eat bananas with a knife and fork2. [cualidad] tackiness, Br naffness* * *f affectation* * *cursilería nf1) : vulgarity, poor taste2) : pretentiousness -
3 repipí
adj.1 (irritatingly) precocious.2 affected, precious, prissy, twee.3 know-it-all.f. & m.precocious brat.* * *► adjetivo1 familiar la-di-da, affected* * ** * *= prissy [prissier -comp., prissiest -sup.], prim [primmer -comp., primmest -sup.].Ex. It is especially important that the classroom not be dominated by a ' prissy' middle-class atmosphere.Ex. I am really liking buttoned-up, very prim, demure-to-the-point-of-invisibility dresses lately.* * ** * *= prissy [prissier -comp., prissiest -sup.], prim [primmer -comp., primmest -sup.].Ex: It is especially important that the classroom not be dominated by a ' prissy' middle-class atmosphere.
Ex: I am really liking buttoned-up, very prim, demure-to-the-point-of-invisibility dresses lately.* * *2* * *
repipi
I adj fam (esp niño) precocious
(pedante) pedantic
(ñoño) fussy
(cursi) affected
es una niña repipi, she's a precocious brat
II mf (pedante) pedant
(ñoño) fussy person
(cursi) affected person
(niño) little know-all, show-off
' repipi' also found in these entries:
Spanish:
remilgada
- remilgado
English:
madam
- prissy
- prim
* * *♦ adjun niño repipi a precocious brat♦ nmfprecocious brat* * *adj fam ( afectado) affected;es tan repipi niño he’s such a know-it-all fam -
4 cursilada
1 (cualidad) affectation, pretentiousness2 (hecho) pretentious thing to do, posh thing to do3 (obra, cosa) pretentious thing■ las películas románticas me parecen una cursilada for me romantic films are just sentimental slush* * *SF = cursilería 2)* * *cursilada nfser una cursilada [acto, comportamiento] to be affected;[comentario] to be stupid o Br naff; [decoración, objeto] to be tacky o Br naff;esas cortinas que le gustan a mi abuela son una cursilada those curtains my grandmother likes are really twee;es una cursilada comer el plátano con cuchillo y tenedor it's really prissy to eat bananas with a knife and fork -
5 repipi
• prissy• twee
См. также в других словарях:
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twee — /twee/, adj. Chiefly Brit. affectedly dainty or quaint: twee writing about furry little creatures. [1900 05; appar. reduced from tweet (perh. via pron. twi), mimicking child s pron. of SWEET] * * * … Universalium
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