culo

culo

1. dilute

From Latin cūlus.

culo m (plural culos)

1. ass

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

• kulu

Inherited from Spanish culo.

culo

1. buttocks

From Latin cūlus (“anus”), from Proto-Indo-European *kuH-l-, zero-grade without s-mobile form of *(s)kewH- (“to cover”).

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

culo m (plural culi, diminutive culétto or culìno, augmentative culóne, pejorative culàccio)

1. (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

2. (vulgar, slang) luck
3. (vulgar, slang, derogatory) male homosexual
4. (vulgar, slang) the bottom of an object

• 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”)

• clou, luco

cūlō

1. dative/ablative singular of cūlus

• 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

From Latin cūlus (“arse”), from Proto-Indo-European *kuH-l-, zero-grade without s-mobile form of *(s)kewH- (“to cover”). Cognate with Old Galician-Portuguese cuu.

• IPA^(key): /ˈkulo/

culo m

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 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.

• Ladino: kulo
• Spanish: culo

Inherited from Old Spanish culo, from Latin cūlus (“arse”), from Proto-Indo-European *kuH-l-, zero-grade without s-mobile form of *(s)kewH- (“to cover”).

• IPA^(key): /ˈkulo/ [ˈku.lo]

• Audio (Colombia):

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• Rhymes: -ulo
• Syllabification: cu‧lo

culo m (plural culos)

1. (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.

2. (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.

3. (vulgar) meaty area around the anus (in various animal species)
4. (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

5. (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.

6. (vulgar, colloquial, El Salvador) partner

   Synonym: pareja

   Me salió un culo en la fiesta.

   I got a partner during the party.

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

• “culo”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014