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Spanish
Etymology
From culo + -ero.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /kuˈleɾo/
- Rhymes: -eɾo
- Syllabification: cu‧le‧ro
Adjective
culero (feminine culera, masculine plural culeros, feminine plural culeras)
- (Mexico) ugly, lackluster (unpleasant or possessing bad quality)
Noun
culero m (plural culeros, feminine culera, feminine plural culeras)
- (Mexico, vulgar) a mean or bad person, a person whom the speaker dislikes: an "asshole"/"arsehole"
- (Mexico) coward
- (El Salvador, Honduras, vulgar, offensive) a homosexual person
- drug mule
- sluggard
- diaper, nappy
Usage notes
- Although in some contexts zonzo, bobo, tonto, menso, culero, tarado, idiota, imbécil, estúpido and pendejo may be synonyms, in most contexts they have a different degree of intensity, with zonzo having the mildest connotation, increasing in intensity in that rough order, to estúpido and pendejo, which have the most offensive meaning.
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