puta
English
editEtymology
editNoun
editputa (uncountable)
- (vulgar, chiefly US Hispanic) A prostitute, whore, slut, bitch, etc.
- 1988 February 12, Lawrence Bommer, “Extremeties/Talking With . . .”, in Chicago Reader[1]:
- 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.
Anagrams
editAsturian
editEtymology
editFrom 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”).
Noun
editputa f (plural putes)
- whore (prostitute)
Catalan
editEtymology
editFrom 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
editNoun
editputa f (plural putes)
Synonyms
editDerived terms
editRelated terms
editFurther reading
edit- “puta” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.
Cebuano
editEtymology
editPronunciation
edit- Hyphenation: pu‧ta
Noun
editputa
- (vulgar) prostitute
- (derogatory, vulgar) slut; bitch
Synonyms
editChavacano
editEtymology
editPronunciation
editNoun
editputa
- (vulgar) prostitute
- (vulgar) bitch (obnoxious person)
French
editEtymology
editProbably borrowed from Spanish puta. It appeared first in rap texts. Doublet of pute.
Pronunciation
editNoun
editputa 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
editGalician
editEtymology
editFrom 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
editNoun
editputa 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
editAdjective
editputa 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
edit- ^ Joan Coromines, José A[ntonio] Pascual (1983–1991) “puta”, in Diccionario crítico etimológico castellano e hispánico [Critic Castilian and Hispanic Etymological Dictionary] (in Spanish), Gredos
- Ernesto Xosé González Seoane, María Álvarez de la Granja, Ana Isabel Boullón Agrelo (2006–2022) “puta”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios do galego medieval (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
- Xavier Varela Barreiro, Xavier Gómez Guinovart (2006–2018) “puta”, in Corpus Xelmírez - Corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: ILG
- 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
editEtymology
editFrom Spanish puta, and Portuguese puta, French pute, putain and Italian puttana.
Noun
editputa (plural putas)
Synonyms
edit- prostituta (“prostitute”)
Kabuverdianu
editEtymology
editFrom Portuguese puta.
Noun
editputa
Latin
editEtymology 1
editImperative of putō (“think, consider, prune, trim”).
Alternative forms
editPronunciation
edit- (Classical Latin) IPA(key): /ˈpu.taː/, [ˈpʊt̪äː]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /ˈpu.ta/, [ˈpuːt̪ä]
Verb
editputā
- second-person singular present active imperative of putō (“think!”)
Etymology 2
editLexicalisation of the above imperative that underwent iambic shortening.
Pronunciation
edit- (Classical Latin) 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
editputa (not comparable)
- suppose, for instance, namely
- Synonyms: ut puta, ecce puta, ecce, exemplī grātiā
Etymology 3
editPronunciation
edit- puta: (Classical Latin) IPA(key): /ˈpu.ta/, [ˈpʊt̪ä]
- puta: (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /ˈpu.ta/, [ˈpuːt̪ä]
- putā: (Classical Latin) IPA(key): /ˈpu.taː/, [ˈpʊt̪äː]
- putā: (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /ˈpu.ta/, [ˈpuːt̪ä]
Adjective
editputa
- inflection of putus:
Adjective
editputā
Lithuanian
editNoun
editputa f
Lower Sorbian
editPronunciation
editEtymology 1
editBorrowed from East Central German or German Pute.
Noun
editputa f animal
Declension
editSynonyms
editEtymology 2
editVerb
editputa
References
edit- Starosta, Manfred (1999) “puta”, in Dolnoserbsko-nimski słownik / Niedersorbisch-deutsches Wörterbuch (in German), Bautzen: Domowina-Verlag
Maori
editEtymology
editFrom Proto-Polynesian *puta. Compare Hawaiian puka.
Noun
editputa
Verb
editputa
Derived terms
edit- puta noa (“across”)
Norwegian Bokmål
editAlternative forms
editNoun
editputa f sg
Norwegian Nynorsk
editNoun
editputa f sg
Old Spanish
editEtymology
editFrom 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
editputa 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 traydor
- They shall call you son of a bitch, but not son of a traitor.
- llamar vos han fijo de puta, mas non fijo de traydor
Descendants
edit- Spanish: puta
Papiamentu
editEtymology
editFrom Spanish puta and Portuguese puta and Kabuverdianu puta.
Noun
editputa
Portuguese
editAlternative forms
edit- p*ta (censored)
Etymology
editFrom 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
edit
Adjective
editputa
Adjective
editputa (feminine-only, feminine plural putas)
- (vulgar, derogatory, of a girl or woman) slutty
- Synonym: (Portugal) badalhoca
Adjective
editputa m or f (plural putas)
- (Portugal and in some cities in Brazil, vulgar) an intensifier used in a similar way as fucking
Usage notes
editUnlike 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
editputa 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
edit- → Saramaccan: púta
References
edit- ^ Coromines, Joan (2011) Breve diccionario etimológico de la lengua castellana [Brief etymological dictionary of the Spanish language] (in Spanish), Madrid: Gredos, →ISBN
Scottish Gaelic
editNoun
editputa m sg
Mutation
editScottish Gaelic mutation | |
---|---|
Radical | Lenition |
puta | phuta |
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs. |
Serbo-Croatian
editEtymology 1
editGenitive singular form of pȗt (“road, path, way”), but used in plural constructions as an alternative form of the adverb pȗt (“time”).
Pronunciation
editAdverb
editpútā (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
edit- (adverbial sense): pȗt
Etymology 2
editFrom Old High German puttina.
Pronunciation
editNoun
editpȕta f (Cyrillic spelling пу̏та)
Declension
editNoun
editputa (Cyrillic spelling пута)
- inflection of puto:
Spanish
editEtymology
editInherited 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
editNoun
editputa f (plural putas)
- (derogatory, vulgar) whore, slut, prostitute
- Synonyms: golfa, maraca, prostituta, ramera
- (derogatory, vulgar) bitch
- Synonym: zorra
Derived terms
edit- 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
edit- putañear (verb)
Adjective
editputa
Descendants
editSee also
edit- dejada f
- golfa f
- mujerzuela f
- ramera f
- tu madre f
References
edit- ^ Joan Coromines, Breve diccionario etimológico de la lengua castellana, tercera edición 2011, →ISBN
Further reading
edit- “puto”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014
Swedish
editEtymology
edit(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)
Pronunciation
edit- Rhymes: -²ʉːta
Verb
editputa (present putar, preterite putade, supine putat, imperative puta)
- to pout (one's lips)
- puta med läpparna
- pout one's lips
Conjugation
editActive | 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
editAlternative forms
edit- depota, shuta, fucha, pucha, putsa, putik, putek, putris, putragis, putspa — minced oath
- pota — colloquial
Etymology
editPronunciation
edit- (Standard Tagalog) IPA(key): /ˈputa/ [ˈpuː.t̪ɐ]
- Rhymes: -uta
- Syllabification: pu‧ta
Noun
editputa (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, balihantot
- (derogatory, vulgar) term of abuse: bitch
Usage notes
edit- 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
editSee also
editInterjection
editputa (Baybayin spelling ᜉᜓᜆ)
- (vulgar, derogatory, colloquial) said in dismay or discontent.
See also
editFurther reading
edit- “puta”, in Pambansang Diksiyonaryo | Diksiyonaryo.ph, Manila, 2018
Anagrams
editTurkish
editNoun
editputa
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- kea:Prostitution
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- dsb:Poultry
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- pap:Prostitution
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- pt:Female people
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