Spanish Word of the Day: culo

Everytime I hang out with my Andalusian friend L-star, he’s talking about los culos of the girls that walk by. You could say that he has no respect for women, but that’s not the case. Anyway, because he keeps repeating the word and its combinations all the time, it’s burnt in my brain. No, I’ll never forget culo. Poor me…

So, what does culo mean? Simply said it means ‘arse’, ‘butt’, ‘bum’, ‘ass’, etc., etc. And you can guess it; it’s a vulgar or at least colloquial word, used throughout the hispanosphere.

At least, that was what I thought it mean. It appears that it can mean ‘to be flabbergasted’, ‘to be amazed’. ‘bottom’ (sounds obvious) and even ‘luck’ (although not used that much in this context). As you’d expect, this are all forms used in colloquial speech.

Sentences

Te voy a pegar en el culo.
I’m going to smack you [on the ass].

Métetelo en el culo.
Stick it up your ass.

Las reglas me las paso por el culo.
I don’t give a shit about the rules. (lit.: the rules pass through my ass)

¡Ni la llamó y quedó como el culo!
He didn’t even call her, it was so rude of him!

¡Que te den por culo!
Screw you! (lit.: may they give you ass!)

Tiene una casa que te caes de culo.
He has the most amazing house.

Pierde el culo por él.
She’s just crazy about him. (lit.: she loses her ass for him)

*Sentences taken from “Concise Oxford Spanish Dictionary”.

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