cu
Portuguese, noun/ˈku/
cu is spelled C-U (2 letters) and appears 17 times per million words in written Portuguese, the 4,707th most frequent Portuguese word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Cu is a Portuguese masculine noun meaning “buttocks; arse, ass, butt, bum” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “extremidade do intestino grosso; ânus”.
What does cu mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculinevulgarbuttocks; arse, ass, butt, bum
- 2
masculinevulgaranus; butthole
- 3
Brazilmasculinevulgaranything or anyone annoying, boring or somewhat bad
Essa música é um cu
Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Portuguese dictionaries define it
noun: 1. extremidade do intestino grosso; ânus 2. nádegas, rabo 3. fundo da agulha de coser 4. a parte inferior dum poleame, oposta à cabeça
The definition in the Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário), in Portuguese.
Source: Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário), dump of September 1, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org.
Forms of cu
- cus plural
- cú alternative misspelling
Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce cu?
- Brazil /ˈku/
- Portugal /ˈku/
- /ku/
Sources: English Wiktionary, Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to cu
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is cu in Portuguese?
cu appears 17 times per million words in written Portuguese.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).