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cur
ass (buttocks, vulgar) /ˈkur/
noun#3114 most common
Also: butt, backside
Example sentences
Câinele m-a mușcat de cur.
The dog bit me on the butt.
Mă doare curul de la atâta stat pe scaun.
My butt hurts from sitting on the chair so much.
Copilul a căzut și s-a lovit la cur.
The child fell and hurt his butt.
Mișcă-ți curul și ajută-mă cu bagajele!
Move your butt and help me with the bags!
Stă cu curul pe bani, dar tot se vaită că n-are.
He's sitting on piles of money but still whines that he has none.
Du-te-n cur cu sfaturile tale, nu te-a întrebat nimeni!
Go to hell with your advice, nobody asked you!
Declension
| Case | Singular | Plural |
|---|---|---|
| Nominative | cur / curul | curi / curile |
| Genitive | curului | curilor |
| Accusative | cur / curul | curi / curile |
| Vocative | curule | curilor |
Word family
curulthe butt (definite form)
linge-curass-licker, bootlicker (compound insult)
pupincuristsycophant, ass-kisser
pupincurismsycophancy, servile flattery
Etymology
Cur comes from Latin culus, meaning buttocks. Romanian underwent a sound change called rhotacism, in which an intervocalic Latin -l- regularly turned into -r-. The same shift produced gură from Latin gula and soare from Latin sol. Other Romance languages did not undergo this change, so their descendants of culus kept the l.
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