cursilería
Spanish
Etymology
From cursi (“corny”) + -ería.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /kuɾsileˈɾia/ [kuɾ.si.leˈɾi.a]
- Rhymes: -ia
- Syllabification: cur‧si‧le‧rí‧a
Noun
cursilería f (plural cursilerías)
- corniness, mawkishness
- Synonym: cursilada
- something that is mawkish or corny
Further reading
- “cursilería”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 10 December 2024