"culo" meaning in Italian

See culo in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Noun

IPA: /ˈku.lo/ Forms: culi [plural], culétto [diminutive], culìno [diminutive], culóne [augmentative], culàccio [pejorative]
Rhymes: -ulo Etymology: From Latin cūlus (“anus”), from Proto-Indo-European *kuH-l-, zero-grade without s-mobile form of *(s)kewH- (“to cover”). Etymology templates: {{inh|it|la|cūlus|t=anus}} Latin cūlus (“anus”), {{der|it|ine-pro|*kuH-l-}} Proto-Indo-European *kuH-l-, {{m|ine-pro|*(s)kewH-||to cover}} *(s)kewH- (“to cover”) Head templates: {{it-noun|m|aug=culóne|dim=culétto,culìno|pej=culàccio}} culo m (plural culi, diminutive culétto or culìno, augmentative culóne, pejorative culàccio)
  1. (vulgar, slang) ass, bottom, buttocks, butt, anus Tags: masculine, slang, vulgar Synonyms: deretano, sedere, fondoschiena, didietro, chiappe, posteriore, natiche, pear or pevar [slang], bofez or boffice or bogio [slang]
    Sense id: en-culo-it-noun-Jy-lOUpa Categories (other): Italian entries with incorrect language header, Italian links with redundant wikilinks Disambiguation of Italian entries with incorrect language header: 59 36 2 2 Disambiguation of Italian links with redundant wikilinks: 68 24 4 4
  2. (vulgar, slang) luck Tags: masculine, slang, vulgar
    Sense id: en-culo-it-noun-p6ReqSPG
  3. (vulgar, slang, derogatory) male homosexual Tags: derogatory, masculine, slang, vulgar
    Sense id: en-culo-it-noun-2cMtx~kQ
  4. (vulgar, slang) the bottom of an object Tags: masculine, slang, vulgar
    Sense id: en-culo-it-noun-ph~JN2Qu
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: avere la faccia come il culo (english: to be an assface; to have one's face like an arse) [literally], avere un culo così grande (english: to be very lucky; to have such a big arse) [literally], che culo! (english: to be extremely lucky; what a butt!) [literally], dare un calcio nel culo a qualcuno (english: to help someone secretly; to kick someone’s ass) [literally], essere un culo (english: to be an idiot, or, a slur for homosexual men in Northern Italy; to be an arse) [literally], faccia da culo (english: impudent person; butt face) [literally], fare il culo a qualcuno (english: to punish someone really hard; to make someone's arse) [literally], prendere per il culo (english: to pull someone’s leg, to shit someone; to catch by the arse) [literally], rompere il culo a qualcuno (english: to cause serious damage; to break someone's ass) [literally], rotto nel culo (english: bastard; broken arse) [literally], vaffanculo (english: fuck off, fuck you; Go do it in the arse) [literally], vai a vendere il culo (english: get lost, fuck off; Go and sell your arse) [literally]

Inflected forms

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