Hortera in english
Horticulture
pronunciation: hɔrtɪkəltʃɜr part of speech: noun
pronunciation: hɔrtɪkəltʃɜr part of speech: noun
In gestures
hortera1 = chav [chavette, -fem.].
Example: They are frequented by chavs with poor-quality jewellery dangling from their necks, wrists and ears, the males holding their testicles (presumably to stop them from falling off because of venereal disease contracted from intercourse with unclean chavettes).hortera2 = tawdry ; tacky ; gaudy ; bad taste ; naff ; kitschy ; cheesy ; chavvy ; sleazy ; tat.
Example: This article looks at 'fairness' in the book trade today, and some of the tawdry tricks indulged in by publishers, agents and authors at each other's expense.Example: There was nothing tacky about the invitation, other that the request that gifts be in the form of cash, of course.Example: Less gaudy techniques are usually in the end more successful.Example: However, there is a gleeful bad-taste energy throughout; the film's dumb good nature is infectious, though hardly commendable.Example: Elton then started to metamorphose from 'sensitive guy' singer into someone famous for wearing naff sunglasses and dressing up as a duck.Example: This is the most kitchsky and ritzy part of my Hollywood experience and a definite tourist trap for tourists.Example: I know this song is cheesy, but when it first came out my dad always wanted me to pay attention to the lyrics.Example: Cheese triangles have got to be one of the chavviest foodstuffs around.Example: My first reaction was disgust that anyone would resort to such sleazy behavior.Example: All done gradually rather than all at once, and I have slowly replaced the cheap tat wardrobe with fewer things of better quality.