culata
Spanish, noun/kuˈlata/
culata is a Spanish feminine noun meaning “butt (the end of a firearm opposite to that from which a bullet is fired)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) defines it as “Parte posterior de un arma de fuego que se sujeta con la mano al empuñarla o se apoya sobre el hombro”.
What does culata mean in English?
noun
- 1
femininebutt (the end of a firearm opposite to that from which a bullet is fired)
- 2
femininebreech (the part of a cannon or other firearm behind the chamber)
- 3
femininecylinder head
Source: English Wiktionary, Spanish section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Spanish dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Parte posterior de un arma de fuego que se sujeta con la mano al empuñarla o se apoya sobre el hombro.
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 culata
- culatas plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce culata?
- /kuˈlata/
- [kuˈla.t̪a]
- [kuˈlat̪a]
Sources: English Wiktionary, Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to culata
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is culata in Spanish?
culata appears 2.3 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).