puta
English
Noun
puta (uncountable)
- (vulgar, chiefly US 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."
- 2005, Eric Bogosian, Wasted Beauty, page 63:
- And we told you, man, we have not seen your puta sister.
Asturian
Catalan
Etymology
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
Synonyms
- bagassa, barjaula, barram, folla fembra, meuca, prostituta
Derived terms
- fill de puta
- putada
- putejar
- putenc
- puteria
Related terms
Further reading
- “puta” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.
Cebuano
Pronunciation
- Hyphenation: pu‧ta
Noun
puta
- (derogatory, vulgar) a prostitute
- (derogatory, vulgar) a slut
- (derogatory, vulgar) a bitch
French
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /pu.ta/
Noun
puta f (plural putas)
- (slang, derogatory, vulgar) bitch
- 2019, Ninho (lyrics and music), “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
- In the city I'm selling cannabis, mama don't know it
- (slang, derogatory, vulgar) whore
- (slang, derogatory, vulgar) slut
Synonyms
Galician
Etymology
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
- IPA(key): /ˈputa̝/
Noun
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 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
- 1459, Anselmo López Carreira (ed.), Fragmentos de notarios, doc. 164;
- (vulgar, derogatory) bitch
Derived terms
Adjective
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
- Joan Coromines, José A. Pascual (1983–1991) “puta”, in Diccionario crítico etimológico castellano e hispánico (in Spanish), Madrid: Gredos
- “puta” in Dicionario de Dicionarios do galego medieval, SLI - ILGA 2006–2022.
- “puta” in Xavier Varela Barreiro & Xavier Gómez Guinovart: Corpus Xelmírez - Corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval. SLI / Grupo TALG / ILG, 2006–2018.
- “puta” in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega, SLI - ILGA 2006–2013.
- “puta” in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega. Santiago: ILG.
- “puta” in Álvarez, Rosario (coord.): Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués, Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega.
Interlingua
Synonyms
- prostituta (“prostitute”)
Kabuverdianu
Etymology
From Portuguese puta.
Latin
Etymology 1
Imperative of putō (“think, consider, prune, trim”).
Alternative forms
- putà (early modern)
Pronunciation
- (Classical) IPA(key): /ˈpu.taː/, [ˈpʊt̪äː]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /ˈpu.ta/, [ˈpuːt̪ä]
Etymology 2
Lexicalisation of the above imperative that underwent iambic shortening.
Pronunciation
- (Classical) IPA(key): /ˈpu.ta/, [ˈpʊt̪ä]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /ˈpu.ta/, [ˈpuːt̪ä]
- Note: the final vowel is lexicalised as short in this use.
Adverb
puta (not comparable)
- suppose, for instance, namely
- Synonyms: ut puta, ecce puta, ecce, exemplī grātiā
Pronunciation
- puta: (Classical) IPA(key): /ˈpu.ta/, [ˈpʊt̪ä]
- puta: (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /ˈpu.ta/, [ˈpuːt̪ä]
- putā: (Classical) IPA(key): /ˈpu.taː/, [ˈpʊt̪äː]
- putā: (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /ˈpu.ta/, [ˈpuːt̪ä]
Adjective
puta
- inflection of putus:
- nominative/vocative feminine singular
- nominative/accusative/vocative neuter plural
Lithuanian
Lower Sorbian
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈputa/
Etymology 1
Borrowed from East Central German or German Pute.
Declension
Synonyms
- truta
- turkawa
References
- Starosta, Manfred (1999) “puta”, in Dolnoserbsko-nimski słownik / Niedersorbisch-deutsches Wörterbuch (in German), Bautzen: Domowina-Verlag
Maori
Etymology
From Proto-Polynesian *puta. Compare Hawaiian puka.
Derived terms
- puta noa (“across”)
Norwegian Nynorsk
Old Spanish
Etymology
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
puta f
Descendants
- Spanish: puta
Papiamentu
Etymology
From Spanish puta and Portuguese puta and Kabuverdianu puta.
Portuguese
Alternative forms
- p*ta (censored)
Etymology
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
- IPA(key): /ˈpu.tɐ/
Audio (Oporto, Portugal) (file) Audio (USA) (file)
Adjective
puta (feminine-only, feminine plural putas)
- (vulgar, derogatory, of a girl or woman) promiscuous
Adjective
puta m or f (plural putas)
Noun
puta f (plural putas)
- (vulgar, derogatory) prostitute, whore, hooker
- Synonyms: see Thesaurus:prostituta
- (vulgar, derogatory) slut (promiscuous woman)
- Synonyms: see Thesaurus:vadia
References
- Coromines, Joan (2011) Breve diccionario etimológico de la lengua castellana [Brief etymological dictionary of the Spanish language] (in Spanish), Madrid: Gredos, →ISBN
Scottish Gaelic
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
- IPA(key): /pǔːtaː/
- Hyphenation: pu‧ta
Adverb
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
- (adverbial sense): pȗt
Etymology 2
From Old High German puttina.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /pûta/
- Hyphenation: pu‧ta
Declension
Spanish
Etymology
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”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈputa/ [ˈpu.t̪a]
- (Colombia)
Audio: (file) - Rhymes: -uta
- Syllabification: pu‧ta
Noun
puta f (plural putas)
- (derogatory, vulgar) whore, slut, prostitute
- Synonyms: golfa, maraca, prostituta, ramera
- (derogatory, vulgar) bitch
- Synonym: zorra
Derived terms
- callarse como una puta
- casa de putas f
- chuloputas
- de puta madre
- encima de puta, poner la cama
- hija de puta
- 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
- puta de quinta
- puta madre
- puta que te parió
- putada f
- putañear (verb)
- puteada f
- putear (verb)
- puterío m
- puto m
- putón berbenero
- putona
Related terms
- putañear (verb)
See also
- dejada f
- golfa f
- mujerzuela f
- ramera f
- tu madre f
References
- Joan Coromines, Breve diccionario etimológico de la lengua castellana, tercera edición 2011, →ISBN
Further reading
- “puto”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014
Swedish
Etymology
(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)
Pronunciation
- Rhymes: -²ʉːta
Verb
puta (present putar, preterite putade, supine putat, imperative puta)
- to pout (one's lips)
- puta med läpparna
- pout one's lips
Conjugation
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 | — | — |
Participles | ||||
Present participle | putande | |||
Past participle | putad | |||
1 Archaic. 2 Dated. See the appendix on Swedish verbs. |
Tagalog
Alternative forms
Pronunciation
- (Standard Tagalog) IPA(key): /ˈputa/ [ˈpu.tɐ]
- Rhymes: -uta
- Syllabification: pu‧ta
Noun
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, balihanda, nagbebenta ng laman, balihantot
- (derogatory, vulgar) 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)
- (vulgar, derogatory, colloquial) said in dismay or discontent.
See also
Further reading
- “puta”, in Pambansang Diksiyonaryo | Diksiyonaryo.ph, Manila, 2018