puta

See also: puța, puță, and püta

English

Etymology

From Spanish

Noun

puta (uncountable)

1. (vulgar, chiefly US Hispanic) A prostitute, whore, slut, bitch.
   • 1988, February 12, “Lawrence Bommer”, in Extremeties/Talking With . . .^[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^[2], page 63:

     And we told you, man, we have not seen your puta sister.

Anagrams

• UATP, tapu

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Asturian

Noun

puta f (plural putes)

1. whore (prostitute)

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Catalan

Pronunciation

• (Balearic, Central) IPA^(key): /ˈpu.tə/
• (Valencian) IPA^(key): /ˈpu.ta/

Noun

puta f (plural putes)

1. (pejorative, vulgar) prostitute, whore, slut
2. mischievous

Synonyms

• bagassa, barjaula, barram, folla fembra, meuca, prostituta

Derived terms

• fill de puta
• putada f

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Cebuano

Pronunciation

• Hyphenation: pu‧ta

Etymology

Borrowing from Spanish puta.

Noun

puta

1. (pejorative, vulgar) A prostitute.
2. (pejorative, vulgar) A slut.
3. (pejorative, vulgar) A bitch.

Synonyms

• (slut): bigaon, igat
• (slutty): aryat, bigaon, bigatla, igat

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Interlingua

Etymology

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

Noun

puta (plural putas)

1. (vulgar) whore

Synonyms

• prostituta (“prostitute”)

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Latin

Etymology 1

Imperative of putō (“think, consider”).

Verb

putā

1. second-person singular present active imperative of putō, think

Adverb

puta (not comparable)

1. suppose, for instance, namely

Etymology 2

From puer (“child”).

Noun

puta f

1. girl

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Lithuanian

Noun

puta f

1. foam

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Lower Sorbian

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈputa/

Etymology 1

Borrowing from German Low German [Term?] or German Pute.

Noun

puta f

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

Declension

Declension of puta

	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

• truta
• turkawa

Etymology 2

Verb

puta

1. (dialectal) Alternative form of pyta

References

• puta in Manfred Starosta (1999): Dolnoserbsko-nimski słownik / Niedersorbisch-deutsches Wörterbuch. Bautzen: Domowina-Verlag.

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Maori

Noun

puta

1. hole
2. anus

Verb

puta

1. to pass through and out
2. to graduate
3. to run off; to escape
4. to be born

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Norwegian Bokmål

Alternative forms

• puten

Noun

puta m, f

1. definite feminine singular of pute

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Norwegian Nynorsk

Noun

puta f

1. definite singular of pute

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Portuguese

Noun

puta f (plural putas)

1. (vulgar, pejorative) prostitute, whore, hooker, slut

Adjective

puta (plural, comparable)

1. (vulgar, pejorative, of a girl or woman) promiscuous
2. (only in some cities in Brazil, 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.

   Não pude ir lá por causa de uma puta tempestade. (I could not go there, because of a fucking storm)

   Você tem uma puta sorte (You're so freaking lucky)

Synonyms

• (intensifier): baita

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Scottish Gaelic

Noun

puta m

1. genitive singular of put

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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)

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 — 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

2. times (indicating multiplication)
3. 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

Noun

pȕta f (Cyrillic spelling пу̏та)

1. (regional) 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

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Spanish

Etymology

Uncertain. Possibly related to Italian puttana (Old Spanish putaña; see putañear), which ultimately derives from Latin putus (“boy”). María Moliner dictionary (also Joan Coromines) states the most probable origin: from Vulgar Latin putta, variant of puta, female form of puttus, putus (“boy”). Note that this word appears in all Romance languages.

Adjective

puta

1. feminine singular of puto

Noun

puta f (plural putas)

1. (pejorative, vulgar) prostitute, whore, slut
2. (pejorative, vulgar) bitch

Synonyms

• golfa f
• maraca f
• prostituta f
• ramera f
• zorra f

Derived terms

• casa de putas f
• hijoputa m
• hijo de puta m
• puta madre
• putada f
• putañear verb
• putear verb
• puteada f
• puto m
• putona
• putón berbenero
• puta que te parió
• puta de quinta

Related terms

• putañear verb

See also

• dejada f
• golfa f
• mujerzuela f
• ramera f
• tu madre f

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Swedish

Verb

puta

1. to pout (one's lips)

Conjugation

Conjugation of puta (weak)

	Active	Passive
Infinitive	puta	—
Present tense	putar	—
Past tense	putade	—
Supine	putat	—
Imperative	puta	—
Present participle	putande
Past participle	putad

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Tagalog

Etymology

Borrowing from Spanish puta.

Noun

puta

1. (pejorative, vulgar) Prostitute, whore, slut.