culo
masculine noun
1. (informal o) (vulgar)
2. bum (nalgas) (AmBr), butt (United States)
- me caí de culo -> I fell flat on my backside o bum (British)
- ir de culo (muy informal) -> to be going down the tubes (negocio, país)
- el equipo va de culo este año -> the team's doing shit o crap this year
- ser un culo inquieto o de mal asiento (figurative) -> to be fidgety; (enredador) to be a restless soul (errante)
- vive en el culo del mundo (muy informal) -> he lives bloody o (British) goddamn miles from anywhere (United States)
3. (ano) (vulgar)
- arsehole (British), asshole (United States)
- ¡que te den por culo!, ¡vete a tomar por culo! -> fuck off! (peninsular Spanish)
4. bottom (de vaso, botella)
5. (líquido)
- queda un culo de vino -> there's a drop (or two) of wine left in the bottom
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culo [coo’-lo]
noun
1. Breech, backside, buttock. (m)
2. Bottom, socket. (m)
3. Anus. (m)
4. The lower or hinder extremity of anything. (m)
- Culo de mona -> very ugly and ridiculous thing
- Ser un culo de mal asiento -> to be restless
- Ir con el culo a rastras -> to be in a jam
- Ir de culo -> to be overloaded with work
- Ser culo de vaso -> to be false
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