# How do you say "big bottom" in any non-English language you know? **URL:** \ **Category:** In My Humble Opinion\ **Created:** [May 24, 2008, 10:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-do-you-say-big-bottom-in-any-non-english-language-you-know/450499 "2008-05-24T22:19:35Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![Mops](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mops/32/16494_2.png) [@Mops](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mops)\ **Post date:** [May 25, 2008, 10:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-do-you-say-big-bottom-in-any-non-english-language-you-know/450499/21 "2008-05-25T10:37:02Z")
[QUOTE=Beware of Doug] German: _grosser/dicker/breiter Arsch_ (big/fat/wide ass) [/QUOTE] If you prefer a single word, _Fettarsch_ (lardass) would be the most popular term in German IMO. ---
**Author:** ![Dunderman](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/ecb155/32.png) [@Dunderman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dunderman)\ **Post date:** [May 25, 2008, 10:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-do-you-say-big-bottom-in-any-non-english-language-you-know/450499/22 "2008-05-25T10:38:58Z")
Swedish: Polite versions - stor bak, stor rumpa. Rude versions - stor röv, stort arsle. ---
**Author:** ![t-mobileguy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/65b543/32.png) [@t-mobileguy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/t-mobileguy)\ **Post date:** [May 25, 2008, 2:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-do-you-say-big-bottom-in-any-non-english-language-you-know/450499/23 "2008-05-25T14:22:28Z")
In latin : igbay ottombay 😉 ---
**Author:** ![Beware\_of\_Doug](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/278dde/32.png) [@Beware\_of\_Doug](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Beware_of_Doug)\ **Post date:** [May 25, 2008, 2:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-do-you-say-big-bottom-in-any-non-english-language-you-know/450499/24 "2008-05-25T14:37:57Z")
[QUOTE=tschild] If you prefer a single word, _Fettarsch_ (lardass) would be the most popular term in German IMO. [/QUOTE] Thanks - I never try to be clever in German, just grammatical. 😉 What a satisfying exclamation - _Fettarsch!_ ---
**Author:** ![meenie7](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/7993a0/32.png) [@meenie7](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/meenie7)\ **Post date:** [May 25, 2008, 6:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-do-you-say-big-bottom-in-any-non-english-language-you-know/450499/25 "2008-05-25T18:56:59Z")
Thank you to everyone 🙂 This is fun. ---
**Author:** ![HazelNutCoffee](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/ac91a4/32.png) [@HazelNutCoffee](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/HazelNutCoffee)\ **Post date:** [May 25, 2008, 7:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-do-you-say-big-bottom-in-any-non-english-language-you-know/450499/26 "2008-05-25T19:23:21Z")
Koreans like to say _o-ri goong-deng-ii_, which literally means duck butt. ---
**Author:** ![trupa](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/aeb1de/32.png) [@trupa](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/trupa)\ **Post date:** [May 25, 2008, 8:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-do-you-say-big-bottom-in-any-non-english-language-you-know/450499/27 "2008-05-25T20:09:02Z")
[QUOTE=matt\_mcl] In French: gros cul. [/QUOTE] To expand, \*\*mattmcl \*\*having given us the rude version, here are some other versions in French: Grosses Fesses. - Big but cheeks or big bum. bit more polite. Gros Derrière. - Big rear - bit more polite still. PS, any chance you can work Grand Teton Mountain or the Grand Teton national park in there? I always get a chuckle out of the fact that a nation that has a collective hissy-fit over Janet Jackson’s wardrobe malfunction has a federal landmark that means “Big Tits” (with exactly that level of vulgarity, no less.) ---
**Author:** ![Astroboy14](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/df705f/32.png) [@Astroboy14](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Astroboy14)\ **Post date:** [May 25, 2008, 8:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-do-you-say-big-bottom-in-any-non-english-language-you-know/450499/28 "2008-05-25T20:16:35Z")
[QUOTE=HazelNutCoffee] Koreans like to say _o-ri goong-deng-ii_, which literally means duck butt. [/QUOTE] Oh, that’s it. I am so totally firing my wife as my Korean expert! (she gave me a literal interpretation of “big butt” instead of the idiomatic route…) [sup]And after I spent a couple hours yesterday installing a Korean IME on her new laptop, too.[/sup] ---
**Author:** ![Ignatz](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/3be4f8/32.png) [@Ignatz](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ignatz)\ **Post date:** [May 25, 2008, 9:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-do-you-say-big-bottom-in-any-non-english-language-you-know/450499/29 "2008-05-25T21:37:24Z")
In Latin: _gluteus maximus_ ---
**Author:** ![Astroboy14](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/df705f/32.png) [@Astroboy14](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Astroboy14)\ **Post date:** [May 25, 2008, 11:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-do-you-say-big-bottom-in-any-non-english-language-you-know/450499/30 "2008-05-25T23:04:18Z")
[QUOTE=Ignatz] In Latin: _gluteus maximus_ [/QUOTE] And his wife, Incontinentia! ---
**Author:** ![DrDeth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/b487fb/32.png) [@DrDeth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DrDeth)\ **Post date:** [May 25, 2008, 11:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-do-you-say-big-bottom-in-any-non-english-language-you-know/450499/31 "2008-05-25T23:40:11Z")
My Chinese co-worker called one of the bosses “Fay Lo” which roughly translates to “Fat boy”. And FYI, “Starry Perdune” means “old Fart” in Russian, but it is very very rude. ---
**Author:** ![CalMeacham](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/calmeacham/32/35_2.png) [@CalMeacham](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CalMeacham)\ **Post date:** [May 26, 2008, 12:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-do-you-say-big-bottom-in-any-non-english-language-you-know/450499/32 "2008-05-26T00:37:35Z")
Polish: Wielka Dupa ---
**Author:** ![Capcha](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/82dd89/32.png) [@Capcha](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Capcha)\ **Post date:** [May 26, 2008, 12:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-do-you-say-big-bottom-in-any-non-english-language-you-know/450499/33 "2008-05-26T00:43:22Z")
Polish: Duja Doupa (big butt, pronounce the j in Duja like G in George) Arabic: Akbar Teez (biggest butt) _might not be the best choice of words, but it’s all i can come up with atm._ On preview **CalMeacham** beat me to it. ---
**Author:** ![HazelNutCoffee](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/ac91a4/32.png) [@HazelNutCoffee](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/HazelNutCoffee)\ **Post date:** [May 26, 2008, 5:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-do-you-say-big-bottom-in-any-non-english-language-you-know/450499/34 "2008-05-26T05:30:19Z")
[QUOTE=Astroboy14] Oh, that’s it. I am so totally firing my wife as my Korean expert! [/QUOTE] Heh. I was actually giving this a lot of thought, and I’ve realized something - Koreans don’t really talk about people’s asses. Duck butt doesn’t translate directly to big ass, but it means an ass that sticks out so you look like a duck from behind when you walk (i.e., you’re waddling). Amusingly, there is also a term for one butt-cheek being bigger than the other (jjak-goong-deng-ii). ---
**Author:** ![pulykamell](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/pulykamell/32/3166_2.png) [@pulykamell](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pulykamell)\ **Post date:** [May 26, 2008, 5:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-do-you-say-big-bottom-in-any-non-english-language-you-know/450499/35 "2008-05-26T05:40:33Z")
I got beaten to the Polish, so in Hungarian: _nagy segg_ ---
**Author:** ![bbs2k](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/e495f1/32.png) [@bbs2k](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bbs2k)\ **Post date:** [May 26, 2008, 5:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-do-you-say-big-bottom-in-any-non-english-language-you-know/450499/36 "2008-05-26T05:43:01Z")
“Badonkadonk” in ebonics. What? ---
**Author:** ![Nava](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/da6949/32.png) [@Nava](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Nava)\ **Post date:** [May 26, 2008, 7:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-do-you-say-big-bottom-in-any-non-english-language-you-know/450499/37 "2008-05-26T07:33:14Z")
[QUOTE=Valgard] I think that “nalgas” and “culo” are both similar in Spanish - nalgas meaning “buttcheeks” and “culo” meaning “ass”, so “culo grande” would literally mean “big ass”. “Nalgas grandes” would be “big buttcheeks”. It’s been a while since I took Spanish though. Those are literal translations which might not match the vernacular. [/QUOTE] More like “culo gordo” and like **Colibri** said, the person who has it is a _culón_ (or _culona_, but if it’s a lastname it wouldn’t change gender). In some areas, referring to a person as being “un culo gordo” or having “el culo muy gordo” is calling them lazy. And if you’re talking about a woman and trying to avoid unladylike language, “amplias caderas” (lit. ample hips - definitely above “wide” in the size scale) and a woman with wide or ample hips is _caderona_, which sounds pretty similar to the lastname Calderón (lit. big kettle). ---
**Author:** ![Nava](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/da6949/32.png) [@Nava](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Nava)\ **Post date:** [May 26, 2008, 7:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-do-you-say-big-bottom-in-any-non-english-language-you-know/450499/38 "2008-05-26T07:39:22Z")
Forgot! In Catalan, a big butt is “un cul gros,” and the owner of it is “un culgros.” Yeah, it’s just the same words strung together. The stress goes on _gros_, with more stress in the case when it’s a single word. ---
**Author:** ![Laalune](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/977dab/32.png) [@Laalune](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Laalune)\ **Post date:** [May 26, 2008, 3:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-do-you-say-big-bottom-in-any-non-english-language-you-know/450499/39 "2008-05-26T15:08:31Z")
In Romanian it’s “fund mare” (the polite version, and bottom=fund) or “cur mare” (the less polite one). I can’t believe I registered for this! :smack: ---
**Author:** ![WormTheRed](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/bbe5ce/32.png) [@WormTheRed](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/WormTheRed)\ **Post date:** [May 26, 2008, 4:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-do-you-say-big-bottom-in-any-non-english-language-you-know/450499/40 "2008-05-26T16:14:51Z")
In Icelandic: Stór Rass (ass) or Stór Botn (big bottom of something) and this is why I left lurking… [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-do-you-say-big-bottom-in-any-non-english-language-you-know/450499.md?page=1) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-do-you-say-big-bottom-in-any-non-english-language-you-know/450499.md?page=3)