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culo
culo
Italian
Etymology
From Latin cūlus (“buttocks”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈku.lo/, [ˈkuːl̺o]
- Hyphenation: cù‧lo
Noun
culo m (plural culi)
Synonyms
- deretano
- sedere
- fondoschiena
- didietro
- chiappe
- posteriore
- natiche
- pear or pevar (slang used in Ferrara city)
- bofez or boffice or bogio (slang used in Emilia Region)
Idioms
- (idiomatic) avere la faccia come il culo (literally, "to have one's face like an arse" = to be an assface).
- (idiomatic) avere un culo così grande (literally, "to have such a big arse" = to be very lucky).
- (idiomatic) che culo! (literally, "what a butt!" = to be exremely lucky).
- (idiomatic) dare un calcio nel culo a qualcuno (literally, "to kick someone’s ass" = to help someone secretly).
- (idiomatic) essere un culo (literally, "to be an arse" = to be an idiot).
- (idiomatic) faccia da culo (literally, "butt face" or "arse face" = impudent person).
- (idiomatic) fare il culo a qualcuno (literally, "to make someone's arse" = to punish someone really hard).
- (idiomatic) prendere per il culo (literally, "to catch by the arse" = to pull someone’s leg, to **** someone).
- (idiomatic) rompere il culo a qualcuno (literally, "to break someone's ass" = to cause serious damage).
- (idiomatic) rotto nel culo / rottinculo (literally, "broken arse" = bastard).
- (idiomatic) vaffanculo (literally, "Go do it in the arse" = "**** off", "**** you").
- (idiomatic) vai a vendere il culo (literally, "Go and sell your arse" = "get lost", "**** off" ).
Anagrams
Latin
Noun
culō m
References
- Félix Gaffiot (1934), “culo”, in Dictionnaire Illustré Latin-Français, Paris: Hachette.
- culo in Ramminger, Johann (accessed 16 July 2016) Neulateinische Wortliste: Ein Wörterbuch des Lateinischen von Petrarca bis 1700, pre-publication website, 2005-2016