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el cubo

bucket, pail, cube

ˈk u b o
noun · masculine Rare #26,954
bucket, pail In many regions, cubo can also mean a trash can, especially in cubo de la basura.
SP: Llena el cubo con agua.
EN: Fill the bucket with water.
cube Used for the three-dimensional shape, as in cubo Rubik, and in mathematics for a number raised to the third power.
SP: Dos al cubo son ocho.
EN: Two cubed is eight.
Declension of cubo
cubocubos

¡El cubo!

The bucket!

— Ágora: La caída del imperio romano (2009)

Deja ese cubo en el suelo.

Put that bucket down on the floor.

— La strada (1954)

Tom encontró una pistola cerca del cubo de la basura.

Tom found a gun near the trash can.

Ponla en ese cubo.

Put it in that bucket.

Están buscando una especie de cubo.

They are looking for some kind of cube.

¿Quién te ha dado permiso para salir del cubo de la basura?

Who gave you permission to climb out of the trash can?

— La historia sin fin (1984)

Erno Rubik, el inventor del cubo Rubik, es un arquitecto húngaro.

Erno Rubik, the inventor of the Rubik's Cube, is a Hungarian architect.

Tres al cubo son veintisiete.

Three cubed is twenty-seven.

Yanni trajo a Skura su cubo de ordeñar.

Yanni brought Skura his milking bucket.

Echa agua en este cubo, por favor.

Pour water into this bucket, please.

El modo de hacerlo es orinar hacia un lado del cubo, no en el centro.

The way to do it is to urinate towards one side of the bucket, not in the center.

— El último emperador (1987)

¡Tíralo al cubo!

Throw it in the bucket!

— 밀양 (2007)

Tres elevado al cubo es veintisiete.

Three cubed is twenty-seven.

Sounds similar to

tuvo ˈt u b o cabo ˈk a b o culo ˈk u l o cuyo ˈk u ʝ o tubo ˈt u b o