natre

From Mapudungun natrüng. The sense of "unpleasant" is derived from the saying más malo que el natre (“worse than nightshade”).

• IPA^(key): /ˈnatɾe/ [ˈna.t̪ɾe]
• Rhymes: -atɾe
• Syllabification: na‧tre

natre m or f (masculine and feminine plural natres)

1. (Chile) (of people) unpleasant, off-putting

natre m (plural natres)

1. Chilean nightshade, Solanum crispum.

• “natre”, in Diccionario de americanismos [Dictionary of Americanisms] (in Spanish), Association of Academies of the Spanish Language [Spanish: Asociación de Academias de la Lengua Española], 2010