hortera
Spanish
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Unknown. Maybe derived from huerto ("orchard"), because of the rudimentary nature of horticulturists and therefore meaning "out of date", "tasteless".
Pronunciation
[edit]Adjective
[edit]hortera m or f (masculine and feminine plural horteras)
Noun
[edit]hortera f (plural horteras)
- a wooden pot
Noun
[edit]hortera m or f by sense (plural horteras)
- a tasteless person
- (Madrid) assistant in a shop
Derived terms
[edit]Further reading
[edit]- “hortera”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 2024 December 10
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