culo
Spanish, noun/ˈkulo/
culo is spelled C-U-L-O (4 letters) and appears 59 times per million words in written Spanish, the 1,476th most frequent Spanish word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Culo is a Spanish masculine noun meaning “ass, arse, booty, rear, behind, butt, buttocks” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) defines it as “Conjunto de la musculatura de la parte posterior de la cadera”.
What does culo mean in English?
noun
- 1
colloquialmasculinevulgarass, arse, booty, rear, behind, butt, buttocks
Me caí, dándome un gran golpe en el culo.
- 2
colloquialmasculinevulgaranus
No me quiero meter ningún supositorio por el culo.
- 3
colloquialmasculinevulgarmeaty area around the anus (in various animal species)
- 4
colloquialmasculinevulgarbottom or end part of certain objects (e.g. glasses, bottles, cucumbers)
el culo de la botella
- 5
colloquialmasculinevulgarliquid remains at the bottom of a container
Bébete el culo del jugo para ya reciclar la botella.
- 6
colloquialmasculinevulgarpartner
Me salió un culo en la fiesta.
- 7
colloquialmasculinevulgarbunch (“a considerable amount”)
adjective
- 1
Mexicocolloquialvulgarcowardly, gutless
Es bien culo.
Source: English Wiktionary, Spanish section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Spanish dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Conjunto de la musculatura de la parte posterior de la cadera. 2. Por metonimia, extremo terminal del tubo digestivo, constituido por un esfínter voluntario recubierto de mucosa, siendo una abertura a través de la cual las heces salen del cuerpo. 3. Por analogía, conjunto de la musculatura de las ancas de los cuadrúpedos. 4. Extremo posterior o basal de un objeto.
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 culo
- culos plural
- cula feminine
- culas feminine plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce culo?
- /ˈkulo/
- [ˈku.lo]
- [ˈkulo]
Sources: English Wiktionary, Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to culo
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is culo in Spanish?
culo appears 59 times per million words in written Spanish.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).