culo

See also:čulo,-culo,andчуло

Acholi

Verb

culo

1. dilute

Aragonese

Etymology

FromLatincūlus.

Noun

culom(pluralculos)

1. ass

References

• Bal Palazios, Santiago(2002) “culo”, inDizionario breu de a luenga aragonesa,Zaragoza,→ISBN

Chavacano

Alternative forms

• kulu

Etymology

InheritedfromSpanishculo.

Noun

culo

1. buttocks

Italian

Etymology

FromLatincūlus(“anus”)

Pronunciation

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

Noun

culom(pluralculi,diminutiveculéttoorculìno,augmentativeculóne,pejorativeculàccio)

1. (vulgar,slang)ass,bottom,buttocks,butt,anus

   Synonyms:deretano,sedere,fondoschiena,didietro,chiappe,posteriore,natiche,(slang used inFerraracity)pearorpevar,(slang used in Emilia Region)bofezorbofficeorbogio

2. (vulgar,slang)luck
3. (vulgar,slang,derogatory)malehomosexual
4. (vulgar,slang)thebottomof anobject

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

• clou,luco

Latin

Noun

cūlō

1. dative/ablativesingularofcūlus

References

• culoinGaffiot, Félix (1934)Dictionnaire illustré latin-français,Hachette.
• culoinRamminger, Johann (2016 July 16 (last accessed))Neulateinische Wortliste: Ein Wörterbuch des Lateinischen von Petrarca bis 1700‎^[1],pre-publication website, 2005-2016

Old Spanish

Etymology

FromLatincūlus(“arse”).Cognate withOld Galician-Portuguesecuu.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key):/ˈkulo/

Noun

culom

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 elculo",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 thearse",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

InheritedfromOld Spanishculo

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key):/ˈkulo/[ˈku.lo]

• Audio(Colombia):

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• Rhymes:-ulo
• Syllabification:cu‧lo

Noun

culom(pluralculos)

1. (vulgarinLatin America,slang,anatomy)ass,arse,booty,rear,behind,butt,buttocks

   Synonyms:trasero,nalgas

   Me caí, dándome un gran golpe en elculo.

   I fell down, hitting myarsehard.

2. (vulgar,slang,anatomy)anus

   Synonym:ano

   No me quiero meter ningún supositorio por elculo.

   I don't want to put any suppository in myass.

3. (vulgar)meatyareaaround the anus(in various animal species)
4. (vulgar,usually in thesingular)bottomorendpart of certainobjects(e.g. glasses, bottles, cucumbers)

   elculode la botella―thebottomof the bottle

5. (vulgar,usually in thesingular)liquidremainsat the bottom of acontainer

   Synonyms:culín,culito

   Bébete elculodel jugo para ya reciclar la botella.

   Drinkwhat's leftof the juice, to recycle the bottle now.

6. (vulgar,colloquial,El Salvador)partner

   Synonym:pareja

   Me salió unculoen la fiesta.

   I got apartnerduring the party.

Usage notes

• This term is not as vulgar in Spain as in Latin America.

Derived terms

Verbs

• acular
• culear
• culiar
• encular

Single-word nouns

• caraculo
• culata
• culazo
• culeado
• culero
• culete
• culillo
• culito
• culón
• culote
• lameculos

Idioms

• a culo pajarero
• a tomar por culo
• a tomar por el culo
• apretar el culo
• bésame el culo
• caerse de culo
• chupe mantequilla de mi culo
• como el culo
• con el culo al aire
• con la hora pegada al culo
• culo de mal asiento
• culo de pollo
• culo de vaso
• culo del mundo
• culo inquieto
• culo veo, culo quiero
• dar por el culo
• de culo
• del culo
• el culo del mundo
• grano en el culo
• hasta el culo
• ir de culo
• irse de culo
• lamer el culo
• métetelo por el culo
• mi culo
• ojo del culo
• perder el culo
• por el culo te la hinco
• quien quiera peces, que moje el culo
• ser culo de mal asiento
• tomar por culo
• tonto del culo

Adjective

culo(femininecula,masculine pluralculos,feminine pluralculas)

1. (vulgar,colloquial,Mexico)cowardly,gutless

   Es bienculo.

   He's sogutless.

Derived terms

• culo si no

Further reading

• “culo”,inDiccionario de la lengua española[Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.7,Royal Spanish Academy[Spanish:Real Academia Española], 2023 November 28