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English

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Etymology 1

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From Spanish puta.

Pronunciation

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Audio (US): (file)

Noun

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puta (uncountable)

(vulgar, chiefly US Hispanic) A prostitute, whore, slut, bitch, etc.
- 1988 February 12, Lawrence Bommer, “Extremeties/Talking With . . .”, in Chicago Reader‎[2]: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."
- 2005, Eric Bogosian, Wasted Beauty, page 63:And we told you, man, we have not seen your puta sister.

Etymology 2

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Borrowed from Dzongkha པུ་ཏ (pu ta).

Noun

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puta (uncountable)

A Bhutanese noodle dish.
- 2024, Bradley Mayhew, Lindsay Fegent-Brown, Galey Tenzin, Bhutan‎[3], 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.

Anagrams

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APTU, Tupa, UATP, patu, tapu

Asturian

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Etymology

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From a Vulgar Latin *pūtta, of uncertain origin, perhaps derived from Latin *puta, female form of Latin 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

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IPA(key): /ˈputa/ [ˈpu.t̪a]
Rhymes: -uta
Syllabification: pu‧ta

Noun

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puta f (plural putes)

whore (prostitute)

Basque

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Etymology

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Borrowed from Spanish puta.

Pronunciation

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IPA(key): /puta/ [pu.t̪a]
Rhymes: -uta, -a
Hyphenation: pu‧ta

Noun

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puta ?

(vulgar, derogatory) whore, prostitute

Catalan

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Etymology

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From a Vulgar Latin *pūtta, of uncertain origin, perhaps derived from Latin *puta, female form of Latin 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

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IPA(key): (Central, Balearic) [ˈpu.tə]
IPA(key): (Valencia) [ˈpu.ta]
Audio (Barcelona): (file)

Noun

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puta f (plural putes)

(derogatory, vulgar) whore, slut Synonyms: meuca, prostituta, bagassa, barjaula, barram, folla fembra
mischievous

Derived terms

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fill de puta
putada
putejar
putenc
puteria
puto

Related terms

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putana

Adjective

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puta

(colloquial, vulgar) fucking, goddamn, used with feminine nouns. Synonyms: fotut, maleït, refotut La puta bicicleta dels collons.The fucking bike. Ni puta idea.No fucking idea.

Interjection

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puta

(vulgar) fucking, goddamn, damn

Cebuano

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Etymology

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Borrowed from Spanish puta.

Pronunciation

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IPA(key): /ˈputa/ [ˈpu.t̪ɐ]
Hyphenation: pu‧ta

Noun

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púta (Badlit spelling ᜉᜓᜆ)

(vulgar) prostitute
(derogatory, vulgar) slut; bitch Synonyms: bigaon, igat

Chavacano

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Etymology

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From Spanish puta.

Pronunciation

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IPA(key): /ˈputa/, [ˈpu.t̪a]
Hyphenation: pu‧ta

Noun

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puta

(vulgar) prostitute
(vulgar) bitch (obnoxious person)

Descendants

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→ Tausug: puta

French

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Etymology

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Probably borrowed from Spanish puta. It appeared first in rap texts. Doublet of pute.

Pronunciation

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IPA(key): /pu.ta/

Noun

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puta f (plural putas)

(slang, derogatory, vulgar) bitch
- 2019, Ninho, “Maman ne le sait pas”, performed by Ninho:Dans la ville j'revends le cannabis, maman ne le sait pasJ’recompte mes potes, tout près des haramistes, le canon d'vant la glaceLes pneus qui crissent, on est revenus tirer sur ces fils de putaEt j'sais qu’Iblis veut pas m'voir m'en tirer, faut qu'j'm'éloigne de tout çaIn the city I'm selling cannabis, mama don't know itI'm counting my buddies, close to the sinners, the gun in front of the mirrorThe tyres squealing, we're back to shoot those sons of bitchesAnd I know Iblis don't want me to get away with it, I gotta get away from it all
(slang, derogatory, vulgar) whore
(slang, derogatory, vulgar) slut

Synonyms

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pute

Galician

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Etymology

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From Old Galician-Portuguese puta, probably from a Vulgar Latin *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

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IPA(key): /ˈputa/ [ˈpu.t̪ɐ]
Rhymes: -uta
Hyphenation: pu‧ta

Noun

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puta f (plural putas)

(vulgar, derogatory) whore Synonym: prostituta
(vulgar, derogatory) 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 maridoItem, 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
(vulgar, derogatory) bitch

Derived terms

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fillo de puta

Adjective

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puta m or f (plural putas)

(vulgar) evil; inmoral
(vulgar) 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. Tes unha puta sorte! ― You're so freaking lucky! / You're so freaking unlucky!

References

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

Seoane, Ernesto Xosé González; Granja, María Álvarez de la; Agrelo, Ana Isabel Boullón (2006–2022), “puta”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios do galego medieval [Dictionary of dictionaries of Medieval Galician] (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
Barreiro, Xavier Varela; Guinovart, Xavier Gómez (2006–2018), “puta”, in Corpus Xelmírez: corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval [Corpus Xelmírez: linguistic corpus of Medieval Galicia] (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, editor (2006–2013), “puta”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega [Dictionary of Dictionaries of the Galician language] (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, Ernesto Xosé González Seoane, María Álvarez de la Granja, editors (2003–2018), “puta”, in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
Rosario Álvarez Blanco, editor (2014–2024), “puta”, in Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega, →ISSN

Interlingua

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Etymology

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From Spanish puta, and Portuguese puta, French pute, putain and Italian puttana.

Noun

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puta (plural putas)

(vulgar) whore

Synonyms

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prostituta (“prostitute”)

Kabuverdianu

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Etymology

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From Portuguese puta.

Noun

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puta

(slang) whore, slut, prostitute
(slang) bitch

Latin

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Etymology 1

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

Alternative forms

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putà (early modern)

Pronunciation

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(Classical Latin) IPA(key): [ˈpʊ.taː]
(modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): [ˈpuː.ta]

Verb

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putā

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

Etymology 2

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Lexicalisation of the above imperative that underwent iambic shortening.

Pronunciation

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(Classical Latin) IPA(key): [ˈpʊ.ta]
(modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): [ˈpuː.ta]
Note: the final vowel is lexicalised as short in this use.

Adverb

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puta (not comparable)

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

Etymology 3

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Pronunciation

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puta:
- (Classical Latin) IPA(key): [ˈpʊ.ta]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): [ˈpuː.ta]
putā:
- (Classical Latin) IPA(key): [ˈpʊ.taː]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): [ˈpuː.ta]

Adjective

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puta

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

Adjective

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putā

ablative feminine singular of putus

Lithuanian

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Noun

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puta f

foam

Lower Sorbian

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Pronunciation

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IPA(key): /ˈputa/

Etymology 1

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Borrowed from East Central German or German Pute.

Noun

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puta f

(female) turkey (bird)
turkey (meat)

Declension

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Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	puta	puśe	puty
Genitive	puty	putowu	putow
Dative	puśe	putoma	putam
Accusative	putu	puśe	puty
Instrumental	putu	putoma	putami
Locative	puśe	putoma	putach

Synonyms

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truta
turkawa

Etymology 2

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Verb

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puta

(dialectal) alternative form of pyta

References

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Starosta, Manfred (1999), “puta”, in Dolnoserbsko-nimski słownik / Niedersorbisch-deutsches Wörterbuch (in German), Bautzen: Domowina-Verlag

Maori

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Etymology

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From Proto-Polynesian *puta. Compare Hawaiian puka.

Verb

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puta (passive putaina)

to come out or come forth from some location
to emerge, to appear into sight
to rise (of celestial bodies) Synonyms: whiti, kōwhiti, kōhiti, kōpure
to pass through and out
to graduate
to run off; to escape
(intransitive) to be born (of man) Synonym: whānaua

Noun

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puta

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

Derived terms

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puta noa (“across”)
putanga (“exit, outlet; emergence, appearance; edition”)
whakaputa
whakaputaputa (“to make something come out, to extrude”)

Of sense 'hole'

putaputa (“holey, porous, perforated”)

Norwegian Bokmål

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Alternative forms

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puten

Noun

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puta f sg

definite feminine singular of pute

Norwegian Nynorsk

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Noun

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puta f sg

definite singular of pute

Occitan

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Etymology

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From Old Spanish puta, from a Vulgar Latin *pūtta, of uncertain origin, perhaps derived from Latin *puta, female form of Latin 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

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Audio (Béarn): (file)

Noun

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puta f (plural putas)

(derogatory, vulgar) whore, slut, prostitute, bitch

Derived terms

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filh de puta

References

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^ Joan Coromines, Breve diccionario etimológico de la lengua castellana, tercera edición 2011, →ISBN

Old Spanish

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Etymology

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From a Vulgar Latin *pūtta, of uncertain origin, perhaps derived from Latin *puta, female form of Latin putus (“teeny boy”), a hapax legomenon of dubious reading.

Noun

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puta f

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 traydorThey shall call you son of a bitch, but not son of a traitor.

Descendants

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Spanish: puta

Papiamentu

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Etymology

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From Spanish puta and Portuguese puta and Kabuverdianu puta.

Noun

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puta

(vulgar, slang) whore, slut, prostitute
(vulgar, slang) bitch

Portuguese

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Alternative forms

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p*ta (censored)

Etymology

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From a Vulgar Latin *pūtta, of uncertain origin, perhaps derived from Latin *puta, female form of Latin 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

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IPA(key): /ˈpu.tɐ/

Audio (Portugal (Porto)): (file)
Rhymes: -utɐ
Hyphenation: pu‧ta

Adjective

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puta

feminine singular of puto

Adjective

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puta (feminine-only, feminine plural putas)

(vulgar, derogatory, of a girl or woman) slutty Synonym: (Portugal) badalhoca

Adjective

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puta m or f (plural putas)

(Portugal and in some cities in Brazil, vulgar) 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. Você tem uma puta de sorte. ― You're so fucking lucky.

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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

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puta f (plural putas)

(vulgar, derogatory) whore, hooker Synonyms: see Thesaurus:prostituta
(vulgar, derogatory) slut (promiscuous woman) Synonyms: see Thesaurus:vadia
(vulgar, derogatory) bitch (a term of contempt towards women)

Descendants

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→ Saramaccan: púta

References

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

Scottish Gaelic

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Noun

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puta m sg

genitive singular of put

Mutation

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radical	lenition
puta	phuta

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

Serbo-Croatian

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Etymology 1

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

Pronunciation

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IPA(key): /ˈpǔː.taː/
Hyphenation: pu‧ta

Adverb

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pútā (Cyrillic spelling пу́та̄)

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 ― twice pet puta ― five times nekoliko puta ― several times mnogo puta ― many times idućeg puta ― next time ovog puta ― this time svakog puta ― every time
times (indicating multiplication) dva puta dva ― two times two

Related terms

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(adverbial sense): pȗt

Etymology 2

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From Old High German puttina.

Pronunciation

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IPA(key): /pûta/
Hyphenation: pu‧ta

Noun

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pȕta f (Cyrillic spelling пу̏та)

(regional) wooden dish or plate (usually made by a cooper)

Declension

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singular	plural
nominative	puta	pute
genitive	pute	puta
dative	puti	putama
accusative	putu	pute
vocative	puto	pute
locative	puti	putama
instrumental	putom	putama

Noun

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puta (Cyrillic spelling пута)

inflection of puto:
1. genitive singular
2. nominative/genitive/accusative/vocative plural

Slovak

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Pronunciation

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IPA(key): [ˈputa]

Noun

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puta

genitive singular of puto

Spanish

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Pronunciation

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IPA(key): /ˈputa/ [ˈpu.t̪a]
Audio (Colombia): (file)
Rhymes: -uta
Syllabification: pu‧ta

Etymology 1

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Inherited from Old Spanish puta, from a Vulgar Latin *pūtta, of uncertain origin, perhaps derived from Latin *puta, female form of Latin 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

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puta f (plural putas)

(derogatory, vulgar) whore, slut, prostitute Synonyms: golfa, maraca, prostituta, ramera, perra, (obsolete) putaña
(derogatory, vulgar) bitch Synonyms: zorra, perra

Derived terms

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callarse como una puta
casa de putas f
chuloputas
de puta madre
encima de puta, poner la cama
hija de puta f
hijo de puta m
hijoputa m
ir de putas
la puta madre
más puta que Rita
me cago en la puta
o follamos todos, o la puta al río
por las putas
puta de quinta
puta la huevada
puta madre
puta que te parió
putada f
putañear (verb)
puteada f
putear (verb)
puterío m
putero m
puto m
putón berbenero
putona
su puta madre

Related terms

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putañear (verb)

Adjective

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puta

(vulgar) feminine singular of puto

Etymology 2

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Clipping of puta madre.

Interjection

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puta

(Bolivia, Ecuador, Chile, Peru, vulgar, colloquial) fuck! shit!

Descendants

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

References

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^ Joan Coromines, Breve diccionario etimológico de la lengua castellana, tercera edición 2011, →ISBN

Swedish

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Etymology

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(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

Pronunciation

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Rhymes: -²ʉːta

Verb

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puta (present putar, preterite putade, supine putat, imperative puta)

to pout (one's lips) puta med läpparnapout one's lips

Conjugation

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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.

Tagalog

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Alternative forms

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depota, shuta, fucha, pucha, putsa, putik, putek, putris, putragis, putspa — minced oath
pota — colloquial

Etymology

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Borrowed from Spanish puta.

Pronunciation

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(Standard Tagalog) IPA(key): /ˈputa/ [ˈpuː.t̪ɐ]
Rhymes: -uta
Syllabification: pu‧ta

Noun

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puta (Baybayin spelling ᜉᜓᜆ)

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
(vulgar, offensive, derogatory) term of abuse: bitch

Usage notes

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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

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amputa
anak ng puta
putang ina
putang ina mo

Interjection

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puta (Baybayin spelling ᜉᜓᜆ)

(vulgar, derogatory, colloquial) said in dismay or discontent.

Anagrams

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tupa, upat, Tupa

Turkish

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Pronunciation

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IPA(key): /puˈta/

Noun

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puta

dative singular of put

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Puta - Wiktionary

English

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Basque

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Catalan

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Cebuano

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Chavacano

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French

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Galician

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Interlingua

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Kabuverdianu

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Latin

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Lithuanian

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Lower Sorbian

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Maori

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