Culo – English Lyrics

• By: Pitbull, Lil Jon
• Album: M.I.A.M.I. - Clean

Lyrics & Translation

Learning a new language can be fun and energetic with songs like Pitbull's "Culo." The track's repetitive and catchy Spanglish lyrics provide an exciting entry point into Spanish vocabulary and Miami's multicultural music scene. Its blend of hip-hop and Latin rhythms makes it a significant song in the popularization of reggaeton and dancehall in the U.S.

[English]

Right about now, we need all the ladies to hit the danceflo'

(Dominicana)

If you got a big ol' booty

(Cubana, Mexicana)

And you like to set that motherfucker, let's go

(Colombiana, Boricua)

Pitbull, Lil' Jon, heey, heey

Ahora que si, esa hevita esta enterita tiene tremendo culo

Esta tan linda, esta tan rica, tiene tremendo culo

Que rica chiquita, pero que importa si tiene tremendo culo

Has me el favor y meneate chica tienes tremendo culo

Pull up to the club, walk in then I

Pull up to the bar, get drinks then I

Pull up to a broad let her know what it is

How it is? Why it is? What it is?

(Hey, hey, hey, hey)

I ain't got time for no games, I'm hopin' mami that you feel the same

I got what you need to feel the pain

Here's my number, call me when you're up for an even exchange

Feel me, let me see you do that dirty dance, dirty dance

Mami, feel me let me see you touch your toes

Or shake that thing and talk wit' your ass

Feel me all my chicos, all my Jamaicans, all my blacks

(Put your hands up)

All my Haitians

'Cause they know I'mma rep' 'til the day that they kill me, pull up

Esa hevita esta enterita tiene tremendo culo

Esta tan linda, esta tan rica, tiene tremendo culo

Que rica chiquita, pero que importa si tiene tremendo culo

Has me el favor y meneate chica tienes tremendo culo

Mami got the ass and thighs like Trina and J. Lo

Multiply it she's off the chain, off the glass, off the flip

And with a couple more drinks, I'll be off the hip mayn

I'll be wearin' her out and when I'm finished

Paramedics gon' be carryin' her out mayn

(That's right)

The night is young and if you shave

(Hey, hey, hey, hey, hey)

I'll give you some of this mighty tongue hey

Be easy, go ahead please me, talk to me sleazy, baby

(Yeah)

I wanna freak, a monster in bed, last thing I need is a lady

Esa hevita esta enterita tiene tremendo culo

Esta tan linda, esta tan rica, tiene tremendo culo

Que rica chiquita, pero que importa si tiene tremendo culo

Has me el favor y meneate chica tienes tremendo culo

Esa hevita esta enterita tiene tremendo culo

Esta tan linda, esta tan rica, tiene tremendo culo

Que rica chiquita, pero que importa si tiene tremendo culo

Has me el favor y meneate chica tienes tremendo culo

Culo, hey, hey, hey, hey shake that shit hey

Hey, hey, hey, hey shake that shit hey

Hey, hey, hey, hey shake that shit hey

Hey, hey, hey, hey shake that shit hey

Esa hevita esta enterita tiene tremendo culo

Esta tan linda, esta tan rica, tiene tremendo culo

Que rica chiquita, pero que importa si tiene tremendo culo

Yeah!

...

Key Vocabulary

Vocabulary	Meanings
booty /ˈbuːti/ A2	noun - buttocks; the fleshy part of the rear noun - loot; treasure taken by pirates
dance /dæns/ A1	noun - a series of rhythmic movements usually performed to music verb - to move one's body rhythmically to music
club /klʌb/ A1	noun - a venue where people gather to dance, drink and socialize verb - to strike with a heavy stick or to hit repeatedly
tremendo /tɾeˈmen̞do/ B2	adjective - enormous, huge, or impressive
culo /ˈku.lo/ B2	noun - buttocks; slang for the rear end
mami /ˈma.mi/ B1	noun - informal term for a woman, often meaning ‘babe’ or ‘sweetheart’
pull /pʊl/ A1	verb - to draw or haul something toward oneself
shake /ʃeɪk/ A1	verb - to move quickly back and forth or up and down
dirty /ˈdɜːrti/ A2	adjective - covered with or containing dirt; not clean
night /naɪt/ A1	noun - the period of darkness between sunset and sunrise
young /jʌŋ/ A1	adjective - having lived for a short time; not old
freak /friːk/ B2	noun - a person who is unusually odd or eccentric verb - to react with sudden excitement or enthusiasm
monster /ˈmɒn.stər/ B2	noun - a large, frightening, or imaginary creature
kill /kɪl/ A2	verb - to cause the death of a living being
rep /rɛp/ B2	verb - short for ‘represent’; to speak or act on behalf of someone noun - short for ‘reputation’; the general belief or opinion about someone
ass /æs/ A1	noun - the buttocks; a vulgar term for the rear
thighs /θaɪz/ A2	noun - the upper part of the leg between the hip and the knee
touch /tʌtʃ/ A1	verb - to place one’s hand or another part of the body on something noun - the act of touching; contact

Key Grammar Structures

• [translate:Esa jevita está enterita, tiene tremendo culo]

  ➔ Use of the verb 'estar' + adjective ('enterita') to describe temporary physical states.

  ➔ The word "está" (from 'estar') emphasizes her current condition, not a permanent one.

• [translate:Qué rica chiquita, pero qué importa si tiene tremendo culo]

  ➔ Use of conditional clause 'si' to express concession or irrelevance.

  ➔ The clause 'qué importa si' means 'what does it matter if', showing disregard for the condition.

• [translate:Hazme el favor y muévete chica, tienes tremendo culo]

  ➔ Use of the imperative verb form 'hazme' to express a command or request.

  ➔ The verb 'hacer' becomes 'haz' in the imperative; 'me' is a pronoun meaning 'for me', forming 'do me the favor'.

• [translate:Pull up to the club, walk in then I...]

  ➔ Parallel verb structure for listing sequential actions.

  ➔ The verbs 'pull up', 'walk in', 'pull up to the bar' form a list showing actions in quick succession.

• [translate:I ain't got time for no games]

  ➔ Double negative for emphasis in colloquial speech.

  ➔ The combination of 'ain’t' and 'no' intensifies the denial, common in African American Vernacular English.

• [translate:I got what you need to feel the pain]

  ➔ Use of relative clause ('what you need') as an object.

  ➔ The phrase 'what you need' functions as a noun meaning 'the thing that you need'.

• [translate:Call me when you're up for an even exchange]

  ➔ First conditional with temporal clause using 'when'.

  ➔ It indicates a future condition: call me at the moment when the situation happens.

• [translate:The night is young]

  ➔ Metaphorical use of 'is young' to express that something is just beginning.

  ➔ The adjective 'young' applies figuratively to time, not age, meaning 'it’s early in the night'.

• [translate:I wanna freak, a monster in bed]

  ➔ Informal contraction 'wanna' for 'want to'.

  ➔ Used in casual English; 'wanna' merges 'want' and 'to', common in spoken language but not used in formal writing.