culo

See also: čulo, -culo, and чуло

Acholi

Etymology 1

Noun

culo

  1. dilution (with water)

Etymology 2

Noun

culo

  1. revenge, payback, reprisal

References

  • Blackings, Mairi John (2009) Acholi English – English Acholi Dictionary[1], Munich: LINCOM GmbH, →ISBN, page 28

Aragonese

Etymology

From Latin cūlus.

Noun

culo m (plural culos)

  1. ass

References

Chavacano

Alternative forms

Etymology

Inherited from Spanish culo.

Noun

culo

  1. buttocks

Italian

Etymology

From Latin cūlus (anus).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈku.lo/
  • Rhymes: -ulo
  • Hyphenation: cù‧lo

Noun

culo m (plural culi, diminutive culétto or culìno, augmentative culóne, pejorative culàccio)

  1. (vulgar, slang) ass, bottom, buttocks, butt, anus
    Synonyms: deretano, sedere, fondoschiena, didietro, chiappe, posteriore, natiche, (slang used in Ferrara city) pear or pevar, (slang used in Emilia Region) bofez or boffice or bogio
  2. (vulgar, slang) luck
  3. (vulgar, slang, derogatory) male homosexual
  4. (vulgar, slang) the bottom of an object

Derived terms

  • avere la faccia come il culo (to be an assface, literally to have one's face like an arse)
  • avere un culo così grande (to be very lucky, literally to have such a big arse)
  • che culo! (to be extremely lucky, literally what a butt!)
  • dare un calcio nel culo a qualcuno (to help someone secretly, literally to kick someone’s ass)
  • essere un culo (to be an idiot, or, a slur for homosexual men in Northern Italy, literally to be an arse)
  • faccia da culo (impudent person, literally butt face)
  • fare il culo a qualcuno (to punish someone really hard, literally to make someone's arse)
  • prendere per il culo (to pull someone’s leg, to shit someone, literally to catch by the arse)
  • rompere il culo a qualcuno (to cause serious damage, literally to break someone's ass)
  • rotto nel culo (bastard, literally broken arse)
  • vaffanculo (fuck off, fuck you, literally Go do it in the arse)
  • vai a vendere il culo (get lost, fuck off, literally Go and sell your arse)

Anagrams

Latin

Noun

cūlō

  1. dative/ablative singular of cūlus

References

  • culo in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
  • culo in Ramminger, Johann (16 July 2016 (last accessed)) Neulateinische Wortliste: Ein Wörterbuch des Lateinischen von Petrarca bis 1700[2], pre-publication website, 2005-2016

Old Spanish

Etymology

From Latin cūlus (arse). Cognate with Old Galician-Portuguese cuu.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈkulo/

Noun

culo m

  1. arse
    • ca. 1284-1295, anonymous, Fuero de Cuenca:
      Qual quier que fuere fallado en pecado sodomitico, quemenlo; & qual quier que a otro dixere "yo te fodi por el culo", si pudiere ser prouado aquel pecado que es verdad, quemenlos amos; si non, quemen a aquel que tal pecado dixo.
      Whoever is found in the sin of sodomy, burn them. And if whoever says to another, "I fucked you in the arse", and it can be proved the sin is true, burn them both; otherwise, burn the one who mentioned such a sin.

Descendants

  • Ladino: kulo
  • Spanish: culo

Spanish

Etymology

Inherited from Old Spanish culo.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈkulo/ [ˈku.lo]
  • Audio (Colombia):(file)
  • Rhymes: -ulo
  • Syllabification: cu‧lo

Noun

culo m (plural culos)

  1. (vulgar in Latin America, slang, anatomy) ass, arse, booty, rear, behind, butt, buttocks
    Synonyms: trasero, nalgas
    Me caí, dándome un gran golpe en el culo.
    I fell down, hitting my arse hard.
  2. (vulgar, slang, anatomy) anus
    Synonym: ano
    No me quiero meter ningún supositorio por el culo.
    I don't want to put any suppository in my ass.
  3. (vulgar) meaty area around the anus (in various animal species)
  4. (vulgar, usually in the singular) bottom or end part of certain objects (e.g. glasses, bottles, cucumbers)
    el culo de la botellathe bottom of the bottle
  5. (vulgar, usually in the singular) liquid remains at the bottom of a container
    Synonyms: culín, culito
    Bébete el culo del jugo para ya reciclar la botella.
    Drink what's left of the juice, to recycle the bottle now.
  6. (vulgar, colloquial, El Salvador) partner
    Synonym: pareja
    Me salió un culo en la fiesta.
    I got a partner during the party.

Usage notes

  • In Spain, this term is used more or less neutrally to refer to the buttocks. In Latin America, however, the word is seen as vulgar and possibly offensive.[1]

Derived terms

Adjective

culo (feminine cula, masculine plural culos, feminine plural culas)

  1. (vulgar, colloquial, Mexico) cowardly, gutless
    Es bien culo.
    He's so gutless.

Derived terms

  • culo si no

References

  1. ^ See, e.g., the entry in Diccionario del español de México: https://dem.colmex.mx/Ver/culo.

Further reading