culatazo
Spanish, noun/kulaˈtaθo/
culatazo is a Spanish masculine noun meaning “hit with the back part of a gun, pistol-whip, buttstroke” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) defines it as “Golpe dado con la culata de un arma”.
What does culatazo mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculinehit with the back part of a gun, pistol-whip, buttstroke
Source: English Wiktionary, Spanish section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Spanish dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Golpe dado con la culata de un arma. 2. Golpe del retroceso del arma de fuego al ser disparada.
The definition in the Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario), in Spanish.
Source: Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario), dump of September 1, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org.
Forms of culatazo
- culatazos plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce culatazo?
- /kulaˈtaθo/
- [ku.laˈt̪a.θo]
- /kulaˈtaso/
Sources: English Wiktionary, Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to culatazo
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is culatazo in Spanish?
culatazo appears about once in every 8 million words in written Spanish.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).