culo

See also: čulo, -culo, and чуло

Acholi

Etymology 1

Noun

culo

1. dilution (with water)

Etymology 2

Noun

culo

1. revenge, payback, reprisal

References

• Blackings, Mairi John (2009), Acholi English – English Acholi Dictionary‎^[1], Munich: LINCOM GmbH, →ISBN, page 28

Aragonese

Etymology

From Latin cūlus.

Noun

culo m (plural culos)

1. ass

References

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

Chavacano

Alternative forms

• kulu

Etymology

Inherited from Spanish culo.

Noun

culo

1. 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)

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

   Che aiuto del cazzo, mi ci posso pulire il culo!

   Fucking useless help, I can wipe my arse with it!

   Ficcatela nel culo, la tua multa di merda!

   Why don't you shove your shitty fine up your arse?

2. (vulgar, slang) luck

   Ieri notte ho avuto un culo, ché ero fatto a bestia, ma hanno fermato l'auto prima di me.

   Yesterday I got fucking lucky, 'cause I was high as a kite, but the police checked the car before me.

3. (vulgar, slang, derogatory) male homosexual

   Synonym: culattone

4. (vulgar, slang) the bottom of an object

   C'è un po' di schifo sul culo della bottiglia.

   There's some sludge in the rear-end of the bottle.

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

Etymology

From cūlus +‎ -ō.

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): [ˈkuː.ɫoː]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): [ˈkuː.lo]

Verb

cūlō (present infinitive cūlāre, perfect active cūlāvī, supine cūlātum); first conjugation

1. (slang, hapax legomenon) to shove, drive, boot (by applying force to the rear end)
   • c. 27 CE – 66 CE, Petronius, Satyricon 38.2:

     arietēs ā Tarentō ēmit et eōs cūlāvit in gregem

     he bought some rams from Tarento and booted them into the ewes

Conjugation

   Conjugation of cūlō (first conjugation)

indicative		singular						plural
		first		second		third		first		second		third
active	present	cūlō		cūlās		cūlat		cūlāmus		cūlātis		cūlant
	imperfect	cūlābam		cūlābās		cūlābat		cūlābāmus		cūlābātis		cūlābant
	future	cūlābō		cūlābis		cūlābit		cūlābimus		cūlābitis		cūlābunt
	perfect	cūlāvī		cūlāvistī		cūlāvit		cūlāvimus		cūlāvistis		cūlāvērunt, cūlāvēre
	pluperfect	cūlāveram		cūlāverās		cūlāverat		cūlāverāmus		cūlāverātis		cūlāverant
	future perfect	cūlāverō		cūlāveris		cūlāverit		cūlāverimus		cūlāveritis		cūlāverint
passive	present	cūlor		cūlāris, cūlāre		cūlātur		cūlāmur		cūlāminī		cūlantur
	imperfect	cūlābar		cūlābāris, cūlābāre		cūlābātur		cūlābāmur		cūlābāminī		cūlābantur
	future	cūlābor		cūlāberis, cūlābere		cūlābitur		cūlābimur		cūlābiminī		cūlābuntur
	perfect	cūlātus + present active indicative of sum
	pluperfect	cūlātus + imperfect active indicative of sum
	future perfect	cūlātus + future active indicative of sum
subjunctive		singular						plural
		first		second		third		first		second		third
active	present	cūlem		cūlēs		cūlet		cūlēmus		cūlētis		cūlent
	imperfect	cūlārem		cūlārēs		cūlāret		cūlārēmus		cūlārētis		cūlārent
	perfect	cūlāverim		cūlāverīs		cūlāverit		cūlāverīmus		cūlāverītis		cūlāverint
	pluperfect	cūlāvissem		cūlāvissēs		cūlāvisset		cūlāvissēmus		cūlāvissētis		cūlāvissent
passive	present	cūler		cūlēris, cūlēre		cūlētur		cūlēmur		cūlēminī		cūlentur
	imperfect	cūlārer		cūlārēris, cūlārēre		cūlārētur		cūlārēmur		cūlārēminī		cūlārentur
	perfect	cūlātus + present active subjunctive of sum
	pluperfect	cūlātus + imperfect active subjunctive of sum
imperative		singular						plural
		first		second		third		first		second		third
active	present	—		cūlā		—		—		cūlāte		—
	future	—		cūlātō		cūlātō		—		cūlātōte		cūlantō
passive	present	—		cūlāre		—		—		cūlāminī		—
	future	—		cūlātor		cūlātor		—		—		cūlantor
non-finite forms		infinitive						participle
		active			passive			active			passive
present		cūlāre			cūlārī			cūlāns			—
future		cūlātūrum esse			cūlātum īrī			cūlātūrus			cūlandus
perfect		cūlāvisse			cūlātum esse			—			cūlātus
future perfect		—			cūlātum fore			—			—
perfect potential		cūlātūrum fuisse			—			—			—
verbal nouns		gerund								supine
		genitive		dative		accusative		ablative		accusative		ablative
		cūlandī		cūlandō		cūlandum		cūlandō		cūlātum		cūlātū

Noun

cūlō

1. dative/ablative singular of cūlus

References

• “culo”, in Gaffiot, Félix (1934), Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
• culo in Ramminger, Johann (16 July 2016 (last accessed)), Neulateinische Wortliste: Ein Wörterbuch des Lateinischen von Petrarca bis 1700‎^[2], pre-publication website, 2005-2016

Old Spanish

Etymology

From Latin cūlus (“arse”). Cognate with Old Galician-Portuguese cuu.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈkulo/

Noun

culo m

1. (vulgar) 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

• Ladino: kulo
• Spanish: culo

Spanish

Etymology

Inherited from Old Spanish culo, from Latin culus.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈkulo/ [ˈku.lo]

• Audio (Colombia):

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• Rhymes: -ulo
• Syllabification: cu‧lo

Noun

culo m (plural culos) (vulgar and slang in Latin America, colloquial in Spain, anatomy)

1. 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. anus

   Synonym: ano

   No me quiero meter ningún supositorio por el culo.

   I don't want to put any suppositories up my ass.

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

Usage notes

• In Spain, this term is used colloquially to refer to the buttocks. In Latin America, however, the word is seen as vulgar and possibly offensive.

Derived terms

Adjectives

• cular

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 el culo en el 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 culo
• 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
• levantar el culo
• métetelo por el culo
• mi culo
• ojo del culo
• perder el culo
• por el culo te la hinco
• que te den por el culo
• querer cagar más arriba del culo
• quien quiera peces, que moje el culo
• ser culo de mal asiento
• tomar por culo
• tonto del culo

Adjective

culo (feminine cula, masculine plural culos, feminine plural culas)

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

   Es bien culo.

   He's so gutless.

Derived terms

• culo si no

Further reading

• “culo”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8.1, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 15 December 2025