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/Sounds like "POH" (as in "port") + "toh" (as in "toll")/

Meaning

Butt, backside, or rear end. In Chile, poto is the completely standard, everyday word for buttocks, neither vulgar nor particularly polite, just the normal term used by everyone from kids to grandparents.

Examples

He fell right on his butt on the ice and everyone laughed.

His backside hurts from sitting so long.

Regional synonyms

In Argentina and Uruguay, to be incredibly lucky, to have things work out without really deserving it. Tener culo is unearned, shameless good fortune, and everyone around you knows it.