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Greek
Etymology
From Ancient Greek κῶλον (kôlon).
Pronunciation
Noun
κώλος • (kólos) m (plural κώλοι)
- (colloquial, mildly vulgar) bumhole, butthole, arsehole, asshole (the anus)
Μπήκε μια κάμερα στον κώλο του για να κάνει εξέταση.- Bíke mia kámera ston kólo tou gia na kánei exétasi.
- A camera went up his bumhole to examine.
- (colloquial, informal) arse, ass, bum, bottom (the buttocks)
Φόρεσε κάτι πιο σεμνό, φαίνεται ο κώλος σου.- Fórese káti pio semnó, faínetai o kólos sou.
- Wear something more modest, your arse is showing.
- (colloquial, figuratively) seat (of clothes)
Ο κώλος του παντελονιού θέλει ράψιμο.- O kólos tou pantelonioú thélei rápsimo.
- The seat of the trousers needs stitching.
- (colloquial, figuratively) rear (of a vehicle)
- (colloquial, figuratively) hole (in anything)
- ο κώλος της βελόνας ― o kólos tis velónas ― the eye of a needle
Declension
Synonyms
- (anus): κωλοτρυπίδα f (kolotrypída, “arsehole”), πυγή f (pygí, “anus”)
- (buttocks): πισινός m (pisinós, “behind”), ποπός m (popós, “bum”)
Derived terms
- του κώλου (tou kólou, “useless, crap”) (colloquial)
- κωλαράκι n (kolaráki) (diminutive)
- κωλαράκος m (kolarákos) (diminutive)
- κωλάρα f (kolára) (augmentative)
- κωλομέρι n (koloméri, “arsecheek, asscheek”)
- ξέκωλος (xékolos, “scantily clad, bottomless”) (colloquial)
- ξεκωλώνω (xekolóno, “to violently bugger, to exhaust”) (very vulgar)
- ξεκωλιάρης m (xekoliáris, “very lucky person, jerk, dick”) (vulgar)
- ξεκωλιάρα f (xekoliára, “scantily dressed female, bitch”) (vulgar)
- μιλάνε όλοι, μιλάν κι οι κώλοι (miláne óloi, milán ki oi kóloi, “of persons who try and offer an opinion in areas in which they are unqualified or unknowledgable”) (literally: "everyone talks; arses talk, too")
- πότε ο Γιάννης δεν μπορεί, πότε ο κώλος του πονεί (póte o Giánnis den boreí, póte o kólos tou poneí, “Of lazy people who feign illness whenever it's convenient”) (literally: "one moment John can't, the next his arse hurts")
- τον κώλο βάζεις μάγειρα, σκατά θα μαγειρέψει (ton kólo vázeis mágeira, skatá tha mageirépsei, “if you pay peanuts, you get monkeys”) (literally: "you put an arse as a cook, it will cook shit")
- αν βάζεις τον κώλο σου να σου κάνει δουλειά, σκατά δουλειά θα κάνει (an vázeis ton kólo sou na sou kánei douleiá, skatá douleiá tha kánei, “if you pay peanuts, you get monkeys”) (literally: "if you make your arse do a job, it will do a shitty job")
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