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Acholi
Verb
culo
- dilute
Aragonese
Etymology
From Latin cūlus.
Noun
culo m (plural culos)
- ass
References
Chavacano
Etymology
Inherited from Spanish culo.
Noun
culo
- 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) 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
- (vulgar, slang) luck
- (vulgar, slang, derogatory) male homosexual
- (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
- dative/ablative singular of cūlus
References
- culo in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
- culo in Ramminger, Johann (2016 July 16 (last accessed)) Neulateinische Wortliste: Ein Wörterbuch des Lateinischen von Petrarca bis 1700, pre-publication website, 2005-2016
Old Spanish
Etymology
From Latin cūlus (“arse”). Cognate with Old Galician-Portuguese cuu.
Pronunciation
Noun
culo m
- 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
Spanish
Etymology
Inherited from Old Spanish culo
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈkulo/
- Rhymes: -ulo
- Syllabification: cu‧lo
Noun
culo m (plural culos)
- (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.
- (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.
- (vulgar) meaty area around the anus (in various animal species)
- (vulgar, usually in the singular) bottom or end part of certain objects (e.g. glasses, bottles, cucumbers)
- el culo de la botella ― the bottom of the bottle
- (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.
- (vulgar, colloquial, El Salvador) partner
- Synonym: pareja
Me salió un culo en la fiesta.- I got a partner during the party.
Usage notes
- This term is not as vulgar in Spain as in Latin America.
Derived terms
Adjective
culo (feminine cula, masculine plural culos, feminine plural culas)
- (vulgar, colloquial, Mexico) cowardly, gutless
Es bien culo.- He's so gutless.
Derived terms
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