cursilería

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cursilería

feminine noun

also:

ser una cursilería -> to be affected; (acto, comportamiento) to be stupid o (comentario) naff; (British) to be tacky o (decoración, objeto) naff (British)

1. tackiness o (cualidad)naffness (British)

cursilería [coor-se-lay-re’-ah]

noun

1. Bad taste, vulgarity; pretentiousness; loudness, showiness, flashiness; poshness, gentility. (f)

cursilería

1 (cualidad) (amaneramiento) (gen) affectation; [de niña remilgada] prissiness; (mal gusto) tweeness

2 (acto)

no soporto las cursilerías que dice I can't stand her affected way of speaking; hizo la cursilería de cortarle el pelo al caniche he was twee enough to get the poodle's hair cut

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