Polyglot Dictionary

culo

/ˈkulo/

el noun B1

el (masc.) la (fem.)

Underline = a spelling pattern that usually signals that gender.

N Register Slang Era Current Frequency Common Domain General Tone Neutral

Forms

plural
culos

Meaning

  1. bottom, backside, bum (coarse)

    • Me caí de culo en la nieve.

      I fell on my backside in the snow.

N Category Thing Concreteness Concrete Animacy Inanimate Countability Countable Scope Individual

Usage notes

A blunt, everyday word for the bottom that is coarse rather than deeply offensive; it appears in many idioms («con el culo al aire», «en el culo del mundo»). Fine among friends, rude in formal situations. Politer alternatives: «trasero», «nalgas», «pompis» (children's word).

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