puta

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English

Etymology 1

From SpanishCategory:English terms borrowed from Spanish#PUTACategory:English terms derived from Spanish#PUTA puta.

Pronunciation

Noun

puta (uncountable)Category:English lemmas#PUTACategory:English nouns#PUTACategory:English uncountable nouns#PUTACategory:English uncountable nouns#PUTACategory:English entries with incorrect language header#PUTACategory:Pages with entries#PUTACategory:Pages with 27 entries#PUTA

  1. (vulgarCategory:English vulgarities#PUTA, chiefly USCategory:American English#PUTA Hispanic) A prostitute, whore, slut, bitch, etc.
    • 1988 February 12, Lawrence Bommer, “Extremeties/Talking With . . .”, in Chicago Reader‎:
      Mastrosimone's (antiheroine?) Marjorie lets in a man who quickly drops the small talk, slams her to the floor, and almost smothers her with a pillow as he commands her to say "thank you," "I love you," and "I am your puta."
      Category:English terms with quotations#PUTA
    • 2005, Eric Bogosian, Wasted Beauty, page 63:
      And we told you, man, we have not seen your puta sister.
      Category:English terms with quotations#PUTA

Etymology 2

Borrowed from DzongkhaCategory:English terms borrowed from Dzongkha#PUTACategory:English terms derived from Dzongkha#PUTA པུ་ཏ (pu ta).

Noun

puta (uncountable)Category:English lemmas#PUTACategory:English nouns#PUTACategory:English uncountable nouns#PUTACategory:English uncountable nouns#PUTACategory:English entries with incorrect language header#PUTACategory:Pages with entries#PUTACategory:Pages with 27 entries#PUTA

  1. A Bhutanese noodle dish.
    • 2024, Bradley Mayhew, Lindsay Fegent-Brown, Galey Tenzin, Bhutan‎, Lonely Planet, →ISBN:
      At high altitudes wheat and buckwheat are the staples. In Bumthang, khule (buckwheat pancakes) and puta (buckwheat noodles) replace rice as the foundation of many meals. Dessert is most often a modest presentation of fruit -apple, banana, pineapple or orange, depending on the season.
      Category:English terms with quotations#PUTA

Anagrams

Category:en:Foods#PUTA

Asturian

Etymology

From a Vulgar LatinCategory:Asturian terms inherited from Vulgar Latin#PUTACategory:Asturian terms derived from Vulgar Latin#PUTA *pūtta, of uncertainCategory:Asturian terms with unknown etymologies#PUTA origin, perhaps derived from LatinCategory:Asturian terms derived from Latin#PUTA *puta, female form of LatinCategory:Asturian terms derived from Latin#PUTA putus (“teeny boy”), a hapax legomenon of dubious reading. Cognate with French pute, Spanish puta, Portuguese puta, Galician puta, Catalan puta, as well as Old Italian putta (“girl”).

Pronunciation

Noun

puta f (plural putes)Category:Asturian lemmas#PUTACategory:Asturian nouns#PUTACategory:Asturian entries with incorrect language header#PUTACategory:Asturian feminine nouns#PUTACategory:Pages with entries#PUTACategory:Pages with 27 entries#PUTA

  1. whore (prostitute)
Category:ast:Prostitution#PUTA

Basque

Etymology

Borrowed from SpanishCategory:Basque terms borrowed from Spanish#PUTACategory:Basque terms derived from Spanish#PUTA puta.

Pronunciation

Noun

puta ?Category:Basque lemmas#PUTACategory:Basque nouns#PUTACategory:Basque entries with incorrect language header#PUTACategory:Requests for gender in Basque entries#PUTACategory:Pages with entries#PUTACategory:Pages with 27 entries#PUTA

  1. (vulgarCategory:Basque vulgarities#PUTA, derogatoryCategory:Basque derogatory terms#PUTA) whore, prostitute

Catalan

Etymology

From a Vulgar LatinCategory:Catalan terms inherited from Vulgar Latin#PUTACategory:Catalan terms derived from Vulgar Latin#PUTA *pūtta, of uncertainCategory:Catalan terms with unknown etymologies#PUTA origin, perhaps derived from LatinCategory:Catalan terms derived from Latin#PUTA *puta, female form of LatinCategory:Catalan terms derived from Latin#PUTA putus (“teeny boy”), a hapax legomenon of dubious reading. Cognate with French pute, Spanish puta, Portuguese puta, Galician puta, Asturian puta, as well as Old Italian putta (“girl”).

Pronunciation

Noun

puta f (plural putes)Category:Catalan lemmas#PUTACategory:Catalan nouns#PUTACategory:Catalan countable nouns#PUTACategory:Catalan entries with incorrect language header#PUTACategory:Catalan feminine nouns#PUTACategory:Pages with entries#PUTACategory:Pages with 27 entries#PUTA

  1. (derogatoryCategory:Catalan derogatory terms#PUTA, vulgarCategory:Catalan vulgarities#PUTA) whore, slut
    Synonyms: meuca, prostituta, bagassa, barjaula, barram, folla fembra
  2. mischievous

Derived terms

Adjective

putaCategory:Catalan non-lemma forms#PUTACategory:Catalan adjective forms#PUTACategory:Catalan entries with incorrect language header#PUTACategory:Pages with entries#PUTACategory:Pages with 27 entries#PUTA

  1. (colloquialCategory:Catalan colloquialisms#PUTA, vulgarCategory:Catalan vulgarities#PUTA) fucking, goddamn, used with feminine nouns.
    Synonyms: fotut, maleït, refotut
    La puta bicicleta dels collons.
    The fucking bike.
    Category:Catalan terms with usage examples#PUTA

Interjection

putaCategory:Catalan lemmas#PUTACategory:Catalan interjections#PUTACategory:Catalan entries with incorrect language header#PUTACategory:Pages with entries#PUTACategory:Pages with 27 entries#PUTA

  1. (vulgarCategory:Catalan vulgarities#PUTA) fucking, goddamn, damn

Further reading

Category:ca:Prostitution#PUTA

Cebuano

Etymology

Borrowed from SpanishCategory:Cebuano terms borrowed from Spanish#PUTACategory:Cebuano terms derived from Spanish#PUTA puta.

Pronunciation

Noun

púta (Badlit spelling ᜉᜓᜆ)Category:Cebuano lemmas#PUTACategory:Cebuano nouns#PUTACategory:Cebuano terms with missing Badlit script entries#PUTACategory:Cebuano terms with Badlit script#PUTACategory:Cebuano entries with incorrect language header#PUTACategory:Pages with entries#PUTACategory:Pages with 27 entries#PUTA

  1. (vulgarCategory:Cebuano vulgarities#PUTA) prostitute
  2. (derogatoryCategory:Cebuano derogatory terms#PUTA, vulgarCategory:Cebuano vulgarities#PUTA) slut; bitch
    Synonyms: bigaon, igat
Category:ceb:Prostitution#PUTA

Chavacano

Etymology

From SpanishCategory:Chavacano terms inherited from Spanish#PUTACategory:Chavacano terms derived from Spanish#PUTA puta.

Pronunciation

Noun

putaCategory:Chavacano lemmas#PUTACategory:Chavacano nouns#PUTACategory:Chavacano entries with incorrect language header#PUTACategory:Pages with entries#PUTACategory:Pages with 27 entries#PUTA

  1. (vulgarCategory:Chavacano vulgarities#PUTA) prostitute
  2. (vulgarCategory:Chavacano vulgarities#PUTA) bitch (obnoxious person)

Descendants

French

Etymology

Probably borrowed from SpanishCategory:French terms borrowed from Spanish#PUTACategory:French terms derived from Spanish#PUTA puta. It appeared first in rap texts. Doublet of pute.

Pronunciation

Noun

puta f (plural putas)Category:French lemmas#PUTACategory:French nouns#PUTACategory:French countable nouns#PUTACategory:French entries with incorrect language header#PUTACategory:French feminine nouns#PUTACategory:Pages with entries#PUTACategory:Pages with 27 entries#PUTA

  1. (slangCategory:French slang#PUTA, derogatoryCategory:French derogatory terms#PUTA, vulgarCategory:French vulgarities#PUTA) bitch
    • 2019, Ninho, “Maman ne le sait pas”, performed by Ninho:
      Dans la ville j'revends le cannabis, maman ne le sait pas
      J’recompte mes potes, tout près des haramistes, le canon d'vant la glace
      Les pneus qui crissent, on est revenus tirer sur ces fils de puta
      Et j'sais qu’Iblis veut pas m'voir m'en tirer, faut qu'j'm'éloigne de tout ça
      In the city I'm selling cannabis, mama don't know it
      I'm counting my buddies, close to the sinners, the gun in front of the mirror
      The tyres squealing, we're back to shoot those sons of bitches
      And I know Iblis don't want me to get away with it, I gotta get away from it all
      Category:French terms with quotations#PUTA
  2. (slangCategory:French slang#PUTA, derogatoryCategory:French derogatory terms#PUTA, vulgarCategory:French vulgarities#PUTA) whore
  3. (slangCategory:French slang#PUTA, derogatoryCategory:French derogatory terms#PUTA, vulgarCategory:French vulgarities#PUTA) slut

Synonyms

Galician

Etymology

From Old Galician-PortugueseCategory:Galician terms inherited from Old Galician-Portuguese#PUTACategory:Galician terms derived from Old Galician-Portuguese#PUTA puta, probably from a Vulgar LatinCategory:Galician terms derived from Vulgar Latin#PUTA *pūtta, variant of *puta, female form of *puttus, putus (“boy”), which is however a hapax legomenon of dubious reading.[1] Cognate with French pute, Catalan puta, Spanish puta, Portuguese puta, Asturian puta, as well as Old Italian putta (“girl”).

Pronunciation

Noun

puta f (plural putas)Category:Galician lemmas#PUTACategory:Galician nouns#PUTACategory:Galician countable nouns#PUTACategory:Galician entries with incorrect language header#PUTACategory:Galician feminine nouns#PUTACategory:Pages with entries#PUTACategory:Pages with 27 entries#PUTA

  1. (vulgarCategory:Galician vulgarities#PUTA, derogatoryCategory:Galician derogatory terms#PUTA) whore
    Synonym: prostituta
  2. (vulgarCategory:Galician vulgarities#PUTA, derogatoryCategory:Galician derogatory terms#PUTA) slut
    • 1459, Anselmo López Carreira (ed.), Fragmentos de notarios, doc. 164;
      Iten Costança de Riba davia diso porlo dito juramento que feito avya que lle oyra diser que disera a dita Costança Vasques que era huna puta que posera as cornas ao marido
      Item, Constanza de Ribadavia said, by that oath that she had done, that she heard that said Constanza Vázquez was a slut that had put horns on her husband
      Category:Galician terms with quotations#PUTA
  3. (vulgarCategory:Galician vulgarities#PUTA, derogatoryCategory:Galician derogatory terms#PUTA) bitch

Derived terms

Adjective

puta m or f (plural putas)Category:Galician lemmas#PUTACategory:Galician adjectives#PUTACategory:Galician epicene adjectives#PUTACategory:Galician entries with incorrect language header#PUTACategory:Pages with entries#PUTACategory:Pages with 27 entries#PUTA

  1. (vulgarCategory:Galician vulgarities#PUTA) evil; inmoral
  2. (vulgarCategory:Galician vulgarities#PUTA) an intensifier used in a similar way as fucking, freaking or damn may be used in the USA. May mean "huge", "impressive" and/or "problematic" and can even be used in a good way, if the person is jealous
    Non puiden ir alá por causa dunha puta tormenta. ― I could not go there, because of a fucking storm.Category:Galician terms with usage examples#PUTA
    Tes unha puta sorte! ― You're so freaking lucky! / You're so freaking unlucky!Category:Galician terms with usage examples#PUTA

References

  1. ↑ Coromines, Joan; Pascual, José Antonio (1983–1991), “puta”, in Diccionario crítico etimológico castellano e hispánico [Critical Castilian and Hispanic etymological dictionary]‎ (in Spanish), Madrid: Gredos
Category:gl:Prostitution#PUTA

Interlingua

Etymology

From SpanishCategory:Interlingua terms derived from Spanish#PUTA puta, and PortugueseCategory:Interlingua terms derived from Portuguese#PUTA puta, FrenchCategory:Interlingua terms derived from French#PUTA pute, putain and ItalianCategory:Interlingua terms derived from Italian#PUTA puttana.

Noun

puta (plural putas)Category:Interlingua lemmas#PUTACategory:Interlingua nouns#PUTACategory:Interlingua entries with incorrect language header#PUTACategory:Pages with entries#PUTACategory:Pages with 27 entries#PUTA

  1. (vulgarCategory:Interlingua vulgarities#PUTA) whore

Synonyms

Category:ia:Prostitution#PUTA

Kabuverdianu

Etymology

From PortugueseCategory:Kabuverdianu terms derived from Portuguese#PUTA puta.

Noun

putaCategory:Kabuverdianu lemmas#PUTACategory:Kabuverdianu nouns#PUTACategory:Kabuverdianu entries with incorrect language header#PUTACategory:Pages with entries#PUTACategory:Pages with 27 entries#PUTA

  1. (slangCategory:Kabuverdianu slang#PUTA) whore, slut, prostitute
  2. (slangCategory:Kabuverdianu slang#PUTA) bitch
Category:kea:Prostitution#PUTA

Latin

Etymology 1

Imperative of putō (“think, consider, prune, trim”).

Alternative forms

Pronunciation

Verb

putāCategory:Latin non-lemma forms#PUTACategory:Latin verb forms#PUTACategory:Latin entries with incorrect language header#PUTACategory:Pages with entries#PUTACategory:Pages with 27 entries#PUTA

  1. second-person singular present active imperative of putō (“think!”)

Etymology 2

Lexicalisation of the above imperative that underwent iambic shortening.

Pronunciation

Adverb

puta (not comparable)Category:Latin lemmas#PUTACategory:Latin adverbs#PUTACategory:Latin uncomparable adverbs#PUTACategory:Latin entries with incorrect language header#PUTACategory:Pages with entries#PUTACategory:Pages with 27 entries#PUTA

  1. suppose, for instance, namely
    Synonyms: ut puta, ecce puta, ecce, exemplī grātiā

Etymology 3

Pronunciation

Adjective

putaCategory:Latin non-lemma forms#PUTACategory:Latin adjective forms#PUTACategory:Latin entries with incorrect language header#PUTACategory:Pages with entries#PUTACategory:Pages with 27 entries#PUTA

  1. inflection of putus:
    1. nominative/vocative feminine singular
    2. nominative/accusative/vocative neuter plural

Adjective

putāCategory:Latin non-lemma forms#PUTACategory:Latin adjective forms#PUTACategory:Latin entries with incorrect language header#PUTACategory:Pages with entries#PUTACategory:Pages with 27 entries#PUTA

  1. ablative feminine singular of putus

Lithuanian

Noun

puta fCategory:Lithuanian lemmas#PUTACategory:Lithuanian nouns#PUTACategory:Lithuanian entries with incorrect language header#PUTACategory:Lithuanian feminine nouns#PUTACategory:Pages with entries#PUTACategory:Pages with 27 entries#PUTA

  1. foam

Lower Sorbian

Pronunciation

Etymology 1

Borrowed from East Central GermanCategory:Lower Sorbian terms borrowed from East Central German#PUTACategory:Lower Sorbian terms derived from East Central German#PUTA or GermanCategory:Lower Sorbian terms derived from German#PUTA Pute.

Noun

puta fCategory:Lower Sorbian lemmas#PUTACategory:Lower Sorbian nouns#PUTACategory:Lower Sorbian entries with incorrect language header#PUTACategory:Lower Sorbian feminine nouns#PUTACategory:Pages with entries#PUTACategory:Pages with 27 entries#PUTACategory:Requests for attention concerning Lower Sorbian#PUTA

  1. (female) turkey (bird)
  2. turkey (meat)
Declension
Synonyms

Etymology 2

Verb

putaCategory:Lower Sorbian non-lemma forms#PUTACategory:Lower Sorbian verb forms#PUTACategory:Lower Sorbian entries with incorrect language header#PUTACategory:Pages with entries#PUTACategory:Pages with 27 entries#PUTA

  1. (dialectalCategory:Lower Sorbian dialectal terms#PUTA) alternative form of pyta

References

  • Starosta, Manfred (1999), “puta”, in Dolnoserbsko-nimski słownik / Niedersorbisch-deutsches Wörterbuch (in German), Bautzen: Domowina-Verlag
Category:dsb:Poultry#PUTA

Māori

Etymology

From Proto-PolynesianCategory:Māori terms inherited from Proto-Polynesian#PUTACategory:Māori terms derived from Proto-Polynesian#PUTA *puta. Compare Hawaiian puka.

Pronunciation

Verb

puta (passive putaina)Category:Māori lemmas#PUTACategory:Māori verbs#PUTACategory:Māori entries with incorrect language header#PUTACategory:Pages with entries#PUTACategory:Pages with 27 entries#PUTA

  1. to come out or come forth from some location
  2. to emerge, to appear into sight
  3. to rise (of celestial bodies)
    Synonyms: whiti, kōwhiti, kōhiti, kōpure
  4. to pass through and out
  5. to graduate
  6. to run off; to escape
  7. (intransitiveCategory:Māori intransitive verbs#PUTA) to be born (of man)
    Synonym: whānaua

Noun

putaCategory:Māori lemmas#PUTACategory:Māori nouns#PUTACategory:Māori entries with incorrect language header#PUTACategory:Pages with entries#PUTACategory:Pages with 27 entries#PUTA

  1. any hole, orifice or perforation
    1. anus
      Synonyms: nono, kōtore, ene
    2. vagina
      Synonyms: nono, taiawa
    3. foramen

Derived terms

Of sense 'to come out'
Of sense 'hole'
  • putaputa (“holey, porous, perforated”)

Further reading

  • Williams, Herbert William (1917), “puta”, in A Dictionary of the Maori Language, pages 366-7
  • “puta” in John C. Moorfield, Te Aka: Maori–English, English–Maori Dictionary and Index, 3rd edition, Longman/Pearson Education New Zealand, 2011, →ISBN.

Norwegian Bokmål

Alternative forms

Noun

puta f sgCategory:Norwegian Bokmål non-lemma forms#PUTACategory:Norwegian Bokmål noun forms#PUTACategory:Norwegian Bokmål entries with incorrect language header#PUTACategory:Pages with entries#PUTACategory:Pages with 27 entries#PUTA

  1. definite feminine singular of pute

Norwegian Nynorsk

Noun

puta f sgCategory:Norwegian Nynorsk non-lemma forms#PUTACategory:Norwegian Nynorsk noun forms#PUTACategory:Norwegian Nynorsk entries with incorrect language header#PUTACategory:Pages with entries#PUTACategory:Pages with 27 entries#PUTA

  1. definite singular of pute

Occitan

Etymology

From Old SpanishCategory:Occitan terms derived from Old Spanish#PUTA puta, from a Vulgar LatinCategory:Occitan terms derived from Vulgar Latin#PUTA *pūtta, of uncertainCategory:Occitan terms with unknown etymologies#PUTA origin, perhaps derived from LatinCategory:Occitan terms derived from Latin#PUTA *puta, female form of LatinCategory:Occitan terms derived from Latin#PUTA putus (“teeny boy”), a hapax legomenon of dubious reading. This etymology is supported by both María Moliner and Joan Coromines.[1] Cognate with French pute, Catalan puta, Portuguese puta, Galician puta, Asturian puta, as well as Old Italian putta (“girl”).

Pronunciation

Noun

puta f (plural putas)Category:Occitan lemmas#PUTACategory:Occitan nouns#PUTACategory:Occitan countable nouns#PUTACategory:Occitan entries with incorrect language header#PUTACategory:Occitan feminine nouns#PUTACategory:Pages with entries#PUTACategory:Pages with 27 entries#PUTA

  1. (derogatoryCategory:Occitan derogatory terms#PUTA, vulgarCategory:Occitan vulgarities#PUTA) whore, slut, prostitute, bitch

Derived terms

References

  1. ↑ Joan Coromines, Breve diccionario etimológico de la lengua castellana, tercera edición 2011, →ISBN

Old Spanish

Etymology

From a Vulgar LatinCategory:Old Spanish terms inherited from Vulgar Latin#PUTACategory:Old Spanish terms derived from Vulgar Latin#PUTA *pūtta, of uncertainCategory:Old Spanish terms with unknown etymologies#PUTA origin, perhaps derived from LatinCategory:Old Spanish terms derived from Latin#PUTA *puta, female form of LatinCategory:Old Spanish terms derived from Latin#PUTA putus (“teeny boy”), a hapax legomenon of dubious reading.

Noun

puta fCategory:Old Spanish lemmas#PUTACategory:Old Spanish nouns#PUTACategory:Old Spanish entries with incorrect language header#PUTACategory:Old Spanish feminine nouns#PUTACategory:Pages with entries#PUTACategory:Pages with 27 entries#PUTA

  1. whore
    Synonym: putaña
    • by 1325, Anonymous, Crónica de veinte Reyes, (ed. by Terrence A. Mannetter, 1995, Madison: Hispanic Seminary of Medieval Studies):
      llamar vos han fijo de puta, mas non fijo de traydor
      They shall call you son of a bitch, but not son of a traitor.
      Category:Old Spanish terms with quotations#PUTA

Descendants

Papiamentu

Etymology

From SpanishCategory:Papiamentu terms derived from Spanish#PUTA puta and PortugueseCategory:Papiamentu terms derived from Portuguese#PUTA puta and KabuverdianuCategory:Papiamentu terms derived from Kabuverdianu#PUTA puta.

Noun

putaCategory:Papiamentu lemmas#PUTACategory:Papiamentu nouns#PUTACategory:Papiamentu entries with incorrect language header#PUTACategory:Pages with entries#PUTACategory:Pages with 27 entries#PUTA (vulgarCategory:Papiamentu vulgarities#PUTA, slangCategory:Papiamentu slang#PUTA)

  1. whore, slut, prostitute
  2. bitch
Category:pap:Prostitution#PUTA

Portuguese

Alternative forms

Etymology

From a Vulgar LatinCategory:Portuguese terms inherited from Vulgar Latin#PUTACategory:Portuguese terms derived from Vulgar Latin#PUTA *pūtta, of uncertainCategory:Portuguese terms with unknown etymologies#PUTA origin, perhaps derived from LatinCategory:Portuguese terms derived from Latin#PUTA *puta, female form of LatinCategory:Portuguese terms derived from Latin#PUTA putus (“teeny boy”), a hapax legomenon of dubious reading. This etymology is supported by both María Moliner and Joan Coromines.[1] Cognate with French pute, Catalan puta, Spanish puta, Galician puta, Asturian puta, as well as Old Italian putta (“girl”).

Pronunciation

Adjective

putaCategory:Portuguese non-lemma forms#PUTACategory:Portuguese adjective forms#PUTACategory:Portuguese entries with incorrect language header#PUTACategory:Pages with entries#PUTACategory:Pages with 27 entries#PUTA

  1. feminine singular of puto

Adjective

puta (feminine-only, feminine plural putas)Category:Portuguese lemmas#PUTACategory:Portuguese adjectives#PUTACategory:Portuguese entries with incorrect language header#PUTACategory:Pages with entries#PUTACategory:Pages with 27 entries#PUTA

  1. (vulgarCategory:Portuguese vulgarities#PUTA, derogatoryCategory:Portuguese derogatory terms#PUTA, of a girl or woman) slutty
    Synonym: (Portugal) badalhoca

Adjective

puta m or f (plural putas)Category:Portuguese lemmas#PUTACategory:Portuguese adjectives#PUTACategory:Portuguese epicene adjectives#PUTACategory:Portuguese entries with incorrect language header#PUTACategory:Pages with entries#PUTACategory:Pages with 27 entries#PUTA

  1. (PortugalCategory:European Portuguese#PUTA and in some cities in BrazilCategory:Brazilian Portuguese#PUTA, vulgarCategory:Portuguese vulgarities#PUTA) an intensifier used in a similar way as fucking
    Synonyms: baita, merda
    Não pude ir lá porque estava uma puta de tempestade. ― I could not go there, because there was a huge fucking storm.Category:Portuguese terms with usage examples#PUTA
    Você tem uma puta de sorte. ― You're so fucking lucky.Category:Portuguese terms with usage examples#PUTA

Usage notes

Unlike merda, which can qualify both masculine and feminine words, puta can only be used with feminine words, e.g. one can say both a merda do sol (the fucking sun) and a merda da lua (the fucking moon), but only a puta da lua and not *a puta do sol.

Noun

puta f (plural putas)Category:Portuguese lemmas#PUTACategory:Portuguese nouns#PUTACategory:Portuguese countable nouns#PUTACategory:Portuguese entries with incorrect language header#PUTACategory:Portuguese feminine nouns#PUTACategory:Pages with entries#PUTACategory:Pages with 27 entries#PUTA(vulgarCategory:Portuguese vulgarities#PUTA, derogatoryCategory:Portuguese derogatory terms#PUTA)

  1. whore, hooker
    Synonyms: see Thesaurus:prostituta
  2. slut (promiscuous woman)
    Synonyms: see Thesaurus:vadia
  3. bitch (a term of contempt towards women)

Descendants

References

  1. ↑ Coromines, Joan (2011), Breve diccionario etimológico de la lengua castellana [Brief etymological dictionary of the Spanish language] (in Spanish), Madrid: Gredos, →ISBN

Further reading

Category:Portuguese intensifiers#PUTACategory:Portuguese swear words#PUTA Category:pt:Female people#PUTACategory:pt:Occupations#PUTACategory:pt:Prostitution#PUTA

Scottish Gaelic

Noun

puta m sgCategory:Scottish Gaelic non-lemma forms#PUTACategory:Scottish Gaelic noun forms#PUTACategory:Scottish Gaelic entries with incorrect language header#PUTACategory:Pages with entries#PUTACategory:Pages with 27 entries#PUTA

  1. genitive singular of put

Mutation

Mutation of puta
radical lenition
putaphuta

Note: Certain mutated forms of some words can never occur in standard Scottish Gaelic.
All possible mutated forms are displayed for convenience.

Serbo-Croatian

Etymology 1

Genitive singular form of pȗt (“road, path, way”), but used in plural constructions as an alternative form of the adverb pȗt (“time”).

Pronunciation

Adverb

pútā (Cyrillic spelling пу́та̄)Category:Serbo-Croatian lemmas#PUTACategory:Serbo-Croatian adverbs#PUTACategory:Serbo-Croatian entries with incorrect language header#PUTACategory:Pages with entries#PUTACategory:Pages with 27 entries#PUTA

  1. times (in combination with cardinals greater than or equal to two, and other words indicating quantity, specifying how many times has the action been repeated)
    dva puta ― twiceCategory:Serbo-Croatian terms with collocations#PUTA
    pet puta ― five timesCategory:Serbo-Croatian terms with collocations#PUTA
    nekoliko puta ― several timesCategory:Serbo-Croatian terms with collocations#PUTA
    mnogo puta ― many timesCategory:Serbo-Croatian terms with collocations#PUTA
    idućeg puta ― next timeCategory:Serbo-Croatian terms with collocations#PUTA
    ovog puta ― this timeCategory:Serbo-Croatian terms with collocations#PUTA
    svakog puta ― every timeCategory:Serbo-Croatian terms with collocations#PUTA
  2. times (indicating multiplication)
    dva puta dva ― two times twoCategory:Serbo-Croatian terms with collocations#PUTA
  • (adverbial sense): pȗt

Further reading

  • “puta”, in Hrvatski jezični portal [Croatian language portal] (in Serbo-Croatian), 2006–2026

Etymology 2

From Old High GermanCategory:Serbo-Croatian terms derived from Old High German#PUTA puttina.

Pronunciation

Noun

pȕta f (Cyrillic spelling пу̏та)Category:Serbo-Croatian lemmas#PUTACategory:Serbo-Croatian nouns#PUTACategory:Serbo-Croatian entries with incorrect language header#PUTACategory:Serbo-Croatian feminine nouns#PUTACategory:Pages with entries#PUTACategory:Pages with 27 entries#PUTA

  1. (regionalCategory:Regional Serbo-Croatian#PUTA) wooden dish or plate (usually made by a cooper)
Declension
Declension of puta
singular plural
nominative puta pute
genitive pute puta
dative puti putama
accusative putu pute
vocative puto pute
locative puti putama
instrumental putom putama

Further reading

  • “puta”, in Hrvatski jezični portal [Croatian language portal] (in Serbo-Croatian), 2006–2026

Etymology 3

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Noun

puta (Cyrillic spelling пута)Category:Serbo-Croatian non-lemma forms#PUTACategory:Serbo-Croatian noun forms#PUTACategory:Requests for accents in Serbo-Croatian noun form entries#PUTACategory:Serbo-Croatian entries with incorrect language header#PUTACategory:Pages with entries#PUTACategory:Pages with 27 entries#PUTA

  1. inflection of puto:
    1. genitive singular
    2. nominative/genitive/accusative/vocative plural Category:sh:Kitchenware#PUTA

Slovak

Pronunciation

Noun

putaCategory:Slovak non-lemma forms#PUTACategory:Slovak noun forms#PUTACategory:Slovak entries with incorrect language header#PUTACategory:Pages with entries#PUTACategory:Pages with 27 entries#PUTA

  1. genitive singular of puto

Spanish

Pronunciation

Etymology 1

Inherited from Old SpanishCategory:Spanish terms inherited from Old Spanish#PUTACategory:Spanish terms derived from Old Spanish#PUTA puta, from a Vulgar LatinCategory:Spanish terms inherited from Vulgar Latin#PUTACategory:Spanish terms derived from Vulgar Latin#PUTA *pūtta, of uncertainCategory:Spanish terms with unknown etymologies#PUTA origin, perhaps derived from LatinCategory:Spanish terms derived from Latin#PUTA *puta, female form of LatinCategory:Spanish terms derived from Latin#PUTA putus (“teeny boy”), a hapax legomenon of dubious reading. This etymology is supported by both María Moliner and Joan Coromines.[1] Cognate with French pute, Catalan puta, Portuguese puta, Galician puta, Asturian puta, as well as Old Italian putta (“girl”).

Noun

puta f (plural putas)Category:Spanish lemmas#PUTACategory:Spanish nouns#PUTACategory:Spanish countable nouns#PUTACategory:Spanish entries with incorrect language header#PUTACategory:Spanish feminine nouns#PUTACategory:Pages with entries#PUTACategory:Pages with 27 entries#PUTA (derogatoryCategory:Spanish derogatory terms#PUTA, vulgarCategory:Spanish vulgarities#PUTA)

  1. whore, slut, prostitute
    Synonyms: golfa, maraca, prostituta, ramera, perra, (obsolete) putaña
  2. bitch
    Synonyms: zorra, perra
Derived terms

Adjective

putaCategory:Spanish non-lemma forms#PUTACategory:Spanish adjective forms#PUTACategory:Spanish entries with incorrect language header#PUTACategory:Pages with entries#PUTACategory:Pages with 27 entries#PUTA

  1. (vulgarCategory:Spanish vulgarities#PUTA) feminine singular of puto

Etymology 2

Clipping of puta madre.

Interjection

putaCategory:Spanish lemmas#PUTACategory:Spanish interjections#PUTACategory:Spanish entries with incorrect language header#PUTACategory:Pages with entries#PUTACategory:Pages with 27 entries#PUTA

  1. (BoliviaCategory:Bolivian Spanish#PUTA, EcuadorCategory:Ecuadorian Spanish#PUTA, ChileCategory:Chilean Spanish#PUTA, PeruCategory:Peruvian Spanish#PUTA, vulgarCategory:Spanish vulgarities#PUTA, colloquialCategory:Spanish colloquialisms#PUTA) fuck! shit!

Descendants

  • > Chavacano: puta (inherited)
  • → Cebuano: puta
  • → English: puta
  • → Tagalog: puta

See also

References

  1. ↑ Joan Coromines, Breve diccionario etimológico de la lengua castellana, tercera edición 2011, →ISBN

Further reading

Category:es:Prostitution#PUTA Category:Spanish terms of address#PUTA

Swedish

Etymology

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)Category:Requests for etymologies in Swedish entries#PUTA

Pronunciation

Verb

puta (present putar, preterite putade, supine putat, imperative puta)Category:Swedish lemmas#PUTACategory:Swedish verbs#PUTACategory:Swedish entries with incorrect language header#PUTACategory:Pages with entries#PUTACategory:Pages with 27 entries#PUTA

  1. to pout (one's lips)
    puta med läpparna
    pout one's lips
    Category:Swedish terms with usage examples#PUTA

Conjugation

Conjugation of puta (weak)
active passive
infinitive puta —
supine putat —
imperative puta —
imper. plural1 puten —
present past present past
indicative putar putade — —
ind. plural1 puta putade — —
subjunctive2 pute putade — —
present participle putande
past participle putad

1 Archaic. 2 Dated. See the appendix on Swedish verbs.

Category:Swedish weak verbs#PUTA

Tagalog

Alternative forms

Etymology

Borrowed from SpanishCategory:Tagalog terms borrowed from Spanish#PUTACategory:Tagalog terms derived from Spanish#PUTA puta.

Pronunciation

Noun

puta (Baybayin spelling ᜉᜓᜆ)Category:Tagalog lemmas#PUTACategory:Tagalog nouns#PUTACategory:Tagalog terms with missing Baybayin script entries#PUTACategory:Tagalog terms with Baybayin script#PUTACategory:Tagalog entries with incorrect language header#PUTACategory:Pages with entries#PUTACategory:Pages with 27 entries#PUTA

  1. prostitute
    Synonyms: pokpok, hostes, GRO, patutot, kalapati, kalapating mababa ang lipad, ibong mababa ang lipad, kaladkarin, (Batangas, Mindoro) pagerper, belyas, pampam, prosti, prostituta, balihanda, nagbebenta ng laman, parausan, (slang) donat, balihantot
  2. (vulgarCategory:Tagalog vulgarities#PUTA, offensiveCategory:Tagalog offensive terms#PUTA, derogatoryCategory:Tagalog derogatory terms#PUTA) term of abuse: bitch

Usage notes

  • The Commission on the Filipino Language treats this as the neutral word for a prostitute, but the English term is often used in its place due to its roots as a Spanish vulgarity.

Derived terms

See also

Interjection

puta (Baybayin spelling ᜉᜓᜆ)Category:Tagalog lemmas#PUTACategory:Tagalog interjections#PUTACategory:Tagalog terms with missing Baybayin script entries#PUTACategory:Tagalog terms with Baybayin script#PUTACategory:Tagalog entries with incorrect language header#PUTACategory:Pages with entries#PUTACategory:Pages with 27 entries#PUTA

  1. (vulgarCategory:Tagalog vulgarities#PUTA, derogatoryCategory:Tagalog derogatory terms#PUTA, colloquialCategory:Tagalog colloquialisms#PUTA) said in dismay or discontent.

See also

Further reading

  • “puta”, in Pambansang Diksiyonaryo | Diksiyonaryo.ph, 2018

Anagrams

Category:tl:Prostitution#PUTA

Turkish

Pronunciation

IPA(key): /puˈta/Category:Turkish terms with IPA pronunciation#PUTA

Noun

putaCategory:Turkish non-lemma forms#PUTACategory:Turkish noun forms#PUTACategory:Turkish entries with incorrect language header#PUTACategory:Pages with entries#PUTACategory:Pages with 27 entries#PUTA

  1. dative singular of put
Category:Spanish swear words#PUTA
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