culo

American  

[koo-law] / ˈku lɔ /

noun

Spanish Slang.

plural

culos

1. the buttocks.

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Usage

What else does culo mean? Content warning: this article includes profanity and vulgar language. Culo is a vulgar word in Spanish literally meaning "butt" or "ass," used in a range of coarse idiomatic expressions. The term is also a milder colloquial term for "butt" in Italian.

Etymology

Origin of culo

First recorded in 1985–90; from Spanish, from Latin cūlus

Example Sentences

For this, comrades at national headquarters on Rome's Via delle Botteghe Oscure call him culo di ferro, which roughly translates into "Iron Bottom."

From Time Magazine Archive

The modern Italians say of a man of this stamp, Egli ha cotto il culo ne' ceci rossi.

From The Carmina of Caius Valerius Catullus by Burton, Richard Francis, Sir