cutre
Spanish, adjective/ˈkutɾe/
cutre is spelled C-U-T-R-E (5 letters) and appears 1.1 times per million words in written Spanish, the 33,452nd most frequent Spanish word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Cutre is a Spanish feminine adjective meaning “of bad quality, poor, shoddy” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) defines it as “Tacaño, miserable”.
What does cutre mean in English?
adjective
- 1
colloquialfemininemasculineof bad quality, poor, shoddy
- 2
colloquialfemininemasculineshabby, seedy, cheesy
¡Pero qué lugar más cutre al que me has traído!
- 3
colloquialfemininemasculinestingy, small-minded, scrounger, mean
Tus amigos son unos cutres. Siempre que vamos a un bar dicen que se les ha olvidado la cartera.
Source: English Wiktionary, Spanish section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Spanish dictionaries define it
adjective: 1. Tacaño, miserable. 2. De baja calidad, sucio.
The definition in the Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario), in Spanish.
Source: Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario), dump of September 1, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org.
Forms of cutre
- cutres feminine masculine plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce cutre?
- /ˈkutɾe/
- [ˈku.t̪ɾe]
- [ˈkut̪ɾe]
Sources: English Wiktionary, Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to cutre
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is cutre in Spanish?
cutre appears 1.1 times per million words in written Spanish.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).