culata

Catalan

Etymology

Borrowed from Italian culatta.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (Central, Balearic) [kuˈla.tə]
• IPA^(key): (Valencia) [kuˈla.ta]

• Audio (Barcelona):

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Noun

culata f (plural culates)

1. butt (the end of a firearm opposite to that from which a bullet is fired)
2. breech (the part of a cannon or other firearm behind the chamber)

Further reading

• “culata”, in Diccionari de la llengua catalana [Dictionary of the Catalan Language] (in Catalan), second edition, Institute of Catalan Studies [Catalan: Institut d'Estudis Catalans], April 2007
• “culata”, in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana, 2026
• “culata” in Diccionari normatiu valencià, Acadèmia Valenciana de la Llengua.
• Alcover, Antoni Maria; Moll, Francesc de Borja (1963), “culata”, in Diccionari català-valencià-balear (in Catalan)

Italian

Noun

culata f (plural culate)

1. (vulgar, slang) hit given with the butt
2. (figurative, vulgar, slang) stroke of luck

Lombard

Alternative forms

• cülata, culatta (Milanese orthographies)
• cülata (Eastern orthographies)

Etymology

From cul (“ass”), from Latin cūlus (“anus”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /kyˈlata/, [kyˈlatɑ], [kyˈlatɐ]

Noun

culata f (plural culate)

1. buttock, butt cheek.

Synonyms

• cjapa.

Related terms

• cul
• culaton

Spanish

Etymology

Borrowed from Italian culatta.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /kuˈlata/ [kuˈla.t̪a]
• Rhymes: -ata
• Syllabification: cu‧la‧ta

Noun

culata f (plural culatas)

1. butt (the end of a firearm opposite to that from which a bullet is fired)
2. breech (the part of a cannon or other firearm behind the chamber)
3. cylinder head

Derived terms

• culatazo
• culatín
• salir el tiro por la culata

Further reading

• “culata”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8.1, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 15 December 2025

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