culo

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.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈkulo/
  • Syllabification: cu‧lo
  • Rhymes: -ulo

Noun

culo m (plural culos)

  1. ass

References

Chavacano

Alternative forms

Etymology

Inherited from Spanish culo.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈkulo/, [ˈku.lo]
  • Hyphenation: cu‧lo

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) (vulgar, slang)

  1. 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
    Che aiuto del cazzo, mi ci posso pulire il culo!
    Fucking useless help, I can wipe my arse with it!
    Ficcatela nel culo, la tua multa di merda!
    Why don't you shove your shitty fine up your arse?
  2. luck
    Synonyms: fortuna, sorte
    Ieri notte ho avuto un culo, ché ero fatto a bestia, ma hanno fermato l'auto prima di me.
    Yesterday I got fucking lucky, 'cause I was high as a kite, but the police checked the car before me.
  3. (derogatory) male homosexual
    Synonym: culattone
  4. the bottom of an object
    Synonym: fondo
    C'è un po' di schifo sul culo della bottiglia.
    There's some sludge in the rear-end of the bottle.

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)
  • in culo (as fuck)
  • 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

Etymology

    From cūlus + .

    Pronunciation

    Verb

    cūlō (present infinitive cūlāre, perfect active cūlāvī, supine cūlātum); first conjugation

    1. (slang, hapax legomenon) to shove, drive, boot (by applying force to the rear end)
      • c. 27 CE – 66 CE, Petronius, Satyricon 38.2:
        arietēs ā Tarentō ēmit et eōs cūlāvit in gregem
        he bought some rams from Tarento and booted them into the ewes

    Conjugation

    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. (vulgar) 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, from Latin culus.

    Pronunciation

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

    Noun

    culo m (plural culos) (vulgar and slang in Latin America, colloquial in Spain, anatomy)

    1. 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. anus
      Synonym: ano
      No me quiero meter ningún supositorio por el culo.
      I don't want to put any suppositories up my ass.
    3. meaty area around the anus (in various animal species)
    4. (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. (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 colloquially to refer to the buttocks. In Latin America, however, the word is seen as vulgar and possibly offensive.[1]

    Derived terms

    Adjectives
    • cular

    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