culatra

Portuguese

Etymology

From Italian culatta (“cannon breech”).[1]

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /kuˈla.tɾɐ/

  • Hyphenation: cu‧la‧tra

Noun

culatra f (plural culatras)

  1. breech (part of a firearm behind the chamber)
  2. (colloquial) buttocks
    Synonym: nádegas

Derived terms

References

  1. ^ “culatra”, in Dicionário infopédia da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Porto: Porto Editora, 2003–2025
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