anak ng puta

Tagalog

Etymology

Literally, “child of a whore”.

Pronunciation

• (Standard Tagalog) IPA^(key): /ʔaˌnak naŋ ˈputa/, [ʔɐˌnak nɐm ˈpu.tɐ]
• Rhymes: -uta
• Syllabification: a‧nak ng pu‧ta

Noun

anák ng puta (Baybayin spelling ᜀᜈᜃ᜔ ᜈᜅ᜔ ᜉᜓᜆ)

1. Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see anak,‎ ng,‎ puta.
2. (vulgar) a term of abuse: son of a bitch; son of a whore

   Synonym: iho de puta

   • 2007, Arturo B. Rodriguez, 1001 Ultimate Pilipino Jokes, Arturo B Rodriguez, →ISBN, page 37:

     (sabay turo sa inang pusa) ANAK: Puta, (bulol pa magsalita) AMA: Anak, pusa hindi puta, don't say bad words okey? O, sige ulitin natin. Anong tawag doon (this time sa kuting siya nakaturo) ANAK: (nakangiti pa nang sumagot) Anak ng puta.

     (while pointing at the mother cat) CHILD: Bitch, (still stuttering) FATHER: Child, cat not bitch, don't say bad words okay? Okay then, let's repeat. What do you call that? (this time he points to the kitten) CHILD: (smiling while answering) Son of a bitch.

   • 2005, Bedtime stories: mga dula sa relasyong sexual, UP Press, →ISBN, page 26:

     LALAKI DING LALAKI DING LALAKI DING LALAKI DING LALAKI DING LALAKI DING LALAKI kung mas mahal kita ngayon kesa kahapon. Anak ng puta! Nakokornihan ako sa gano'ng usapan e. Sige! Hindi na, mula ngayon. Promise. Pero .

     It will GROW AND GROW AND GROW AND GROW AND GROW AND GROW AND GROW if I love you more now than yesterday. Son of a bitch! I find those conversations corny. Fine! I won't starting from now. Promise. But.

   • year unknown, Supreme Court Advance Decisions Volume 60, Rex Bookstore, Inc. (→ISBN), page 447

     Puro kayo walang utak. . . Mga anak ng puta... Magkano ba kayo ... God damn you all. Thus for humiliating his employees he was accused of multiple grave oral defamation in five (5) separate Informations instituted by five (5) of his employees , ...

   • 2005, Lualhati Bautista, Ang kabilang panig ng bakod:

     "Anak ng puta, bakit kailangang do'n mag-aral?" "'Tay, sa bahay na ito, alam n'yo naman, hindi kami nagmumura." "Anak ng puta." "'Tay, puwede ba!" "Sorry! Pasensiya na, okay? Wala akong partikular na taong minumura, napapamura lang.

     Son of a bitch, why is it needed to study there?" "Dad, in this house, as you may know, we don't curse." "Son of a bitch." "Dad! can you not?!" "Sorry! Forgive me, okay? I don't have a particular person being cursed, I just end up cursing.

Interjection

anák ng puta (Baybayin spelling ᜀᜈᜃ᜔ ᜈᜅ᜔ ᜉᜓᜆ)

1. (vulgar) said in anger or annoyance: son of a bitch

Derived terms

• anak ng putsa
• anak ng tupa
• namputsa

 

Related terms

• putang ina

Further reading

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