puto

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See also: путо

English[edit]

Etymology[edit]

From Tagalog (and other Philippine languages) puto, from Tamil புட்டு (puṭṭu, “a Tamil dish”).

Pronunciation[edit]

Noun[edit]

puto (plural putos or puto)

  1. (Philippines) A rice cake made of boiled or steamed rice.

Anagrams[edit]

Bikol Central[edit]

Etymology[edit]

Possibly from Tamil புட்டு (puṭṭu, “a Tamil dish”).

Pronunciation[edit]

  • Hyphenation: pu‧to
  • IPA(key): /ˈputo/

Noun[edit]

puto

  1. rice cake

Cebuano[edit]

Etymology[edit]

From Tamil புட்டு (puṭṭu, “a Tamil dish”).

Pronunciation[edit]

  • Hyphenation: pu‧to
  • IPA(key): /ˈputo/, [ˈput̪ʊ]

Noun[edit]

púto

  1. a rice cake cooked by boiling or steaming rice
  2. a similar dish that uses egg whites and flour

Esperanto[edit]

Esperanto Wikipedia has an article on:
Wikipedia eo

Etymology[edit]

From Latin puteus. Not related to putino.

Pronunciation[edit]

  • IPA(key): [ˈputo]
  • Audio:
    (file)
  • Rhymes: -uto
  • Hyphenation: pu‧to

Noun[edit]

puto (accusative singular puton, plural putoj, accusative plural putojn)

  1. A well; a hole sunk into the ground for obtaining water.
    Tiu ĉi puto estas proksimume 50 metrojn profunda. ― This well is about 50 meters deep.

Latin[edit]

Pronunciation[edit]

Etymology 1[edit]

Either from putus +‎ -ō, or else from Proto-Indo-European *paw- (“to strike”), which would make it cognate with puteus. For sense development, compare dēcīdō.

Verb[edit]

putō (present infinitive putāre, perfect active putāvī, supine putātum); first conjugation

  1. (very rare) I clean, cleanse
  2. I trim, prune, lop
  3. (figuratively) I arrange, settle
  4. (figuratively) I value, esteem, deem, regard, consider
  5. (figuratively) I judge, suspect, suppose
    • c. 69 CE – 122 CE, Suetonius, Life of Vespasian 23.4:
      Prima quoque morbi accessione, Vae, inquit, puto, deus fio.
      As death drew near, [Vespasian] said, Dear me, I suspect I'm becoming a god.
  6. (figuratively) I ponder, consider, think about
Conjugation[edit]
   Conjugation of putō (first conjugation)
indicative singular plural
first second third first second third
active present putō putās putat putāmus putātis putant
imperfect putābam putābās putābat putābāmus putābātis putābant
future putābō putābis putābit putābimus putābitis putābunt
perfect putāvī putāvistī,
putāstī1 		putāvit,
putāt1 		putāvimus,
putāmus1 		putāvistis,
putāstis1 		putāvērunt,
putāvēre,
putārunt1
pluperfect putāveram,
putāram1 		putāverās,
putārās1 		putāverat,
putārat1 		putāverāmus,
putārāmus1 		putāverātis,
putārātis1 		putāverant,
putārant1
future perfect putāverō,
putārō1 		putāveris,
putāris1 		putāverit,
putārit1 		putāverimus,
putārimus1 		putāveritis,
putāritis1 		putāverint,
putārint1
passive present putor putāris,
putāre 		putātur putāmur putāminī putantur
imperfect putābar putābāris,
putābāre 		putābātur putābāmur putābāminī putābantur
future putābor putāberis,
putābere 		putābitur putābimur putābiminī putābuntur
perfect putātus + present active indicative of sum
pluperfect putātus + imperfect active indicative of sum
future perfect putātus + future active indicative of sum
subjunctive singular plural
first second third first second third
active present putem putēs putet putēmus putētis putent
imperfect putārem putārēs putāret putārēmus putārētis putārent
perfect putāverim,
putārim1 		putāverīs,
putārīs1 		putāverit,
putārit1 		putāverīmus,
putārīmus1 		putāverītis,
putārītis1 		putāverint,
putārint1
pluperfect putāvissem,
putāssem1 		putāvissēs,
putāssēs1 		putāvisset,
putāsset1 		putāvissēmus,
putāssēmus1 		putāvissētis,
putāssētis1 		putāvissent,
putāssent1
passive present puter putēris,
putēre 		putētur putēmur putēminī putentur
imperfect putārer putārēris,
putārēre 		putārētur putārēmur putārēminī putārentur
perfect putātus + present active subjunctive of sum
pluperfect putātus + imperfect active subjunctive of sum
imperative singular plural
first second third first second third
active present — putā — — putāte —
future — putātō putātō — putātōte putantō
passive present — putāre — — putāminī —
future — putātor putātor — — putantor
non-finite forms active passive
present perfect future present perfect future
infinitives putāre putāvisse,
putāsse1 		putātūrum esse putārī putātum esse putātum īrī
participles putāns — putātūrus — putātus putandus
verbal nouns gerund supine
genitive dative accusative ablative accusative ablative
putandī putandō putandum putandō putātum putātū

1At least one rare poetic syncopated perfect form is attested.

Synonyms[edit]
Antonyms[edit]
Derived terms[edit]
Descendants[edit]
  • Dalmatian: potuor
  • Franco-Provençal: pouar
  • Italian: potare
  • Old French:
  • Old Leonese:
  • Old Occitan:
  • Old Portuguese:
  • Old Spanish: podar
  • Sardinian: pudai, pudare
  • Sicilian: putari

Etymology 2[edit]

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Adjective[edit]

putō

  1. dative/ablative masculine/neuter singular of putus

References[edit]

  • “puto”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • “puto”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
  • puto in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette
  • Carl Meißner; Henry William Auden (1894) Latin Phrase-Book‎[1], London: Macmillan and Co.
    • the result has surprised me; I was not prepared for this development: res aliter cecidit ac putaveram
    • I think that..: in hac sum sententia, ut...putem
    • to derive a word from... (used of an etymologist): verbum ductum esse a...putare
    • to balance accounts with some one: rationes putare cum aliquo

Pangasinan[edit]

Etymology[edit]

Possibly from Tamil புட்டு (puṭṭu, “a Tamil dish”).

Pronunciation[edit]

  • Hyphenation: pu‧to
  • IPA(key): /ˈputo/, [ˈpʊ.to]

Noun[edit]

puto

  1. white rice cake

Portuguese[edit]

Etymology[edit]

From Old Portuguese puto, from Latin pūtus (“boy”). Cognate with Italian putto (“child”).

Pronunciation[edit]

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  • Rhymes: -utu
  • Hyphenation: pu‧to

Adjective[edit]

puto (feminine puta, masculine plural putos, feminine plural putas, comparable, comparative mais puto, superlative o mais puto or putíssimo, diminutive putinho, augmentative putão)

  1. (informal, slang) furious, angry, annoyed, irritated
    Eu estou puto com ela.
    I'm very angry with her.
    Minha mãe ficou puta com a situação.
    My mom became angry with the situation.

Noun[edit]

puto m (plural putos)

  1. (colloquial, Portugal) small kid
    Synonym: chavalo
    Havia lá um puto a fazer o que não devia.
    There was a kid doing things he shouldn't.
  2. (colloquial, Portugal) son
    Synonym: filho
    O meu puto está sempre a fazer asneiras.
    My son is always misbehaving.
  3. (vulgar, Brazil) a jerk; an unlikable, obnoxious person
    Synonym: quengo
    Aquele cara ali é um puto.
    That dude over there isn't worth anything.
  4. (vulgar, Brazil) a libertine man
  5. (vulgar, Brazil) a male prostitute; a manwhore
  6. (vulgar, Rio Grande do Sul) a fag; a gay, homosexual
  7. (vulgar, Brazil) a small quantity of money
    Eu estou sem nenhum puto.
    I don’t have any money.

Pronoun[edit]

puto

  1. (colloquial, Portugal) (indefinite) nothing (not any thing; no thing)
    Synonyms: nada, (colloquial) nicles
    Não entendi puto.
    I didn't understand anything.

Serbo-Croatian[edit]

Etymology[edit]

From Proto-Slavic *pǫto.

Pronunciation[edit]

  • IPA(key): /pûto/
  • Hyphenation: pu‧to

Noun[edit]

pȕto n (Cyrillic spelling пу̏то)

  1. pastern
    Synonym: pùtilo

Declension[edit]

Declension of puto
singular plural
nominative puto puta
genitive puta puta
dative putu putima
accusative puto puta
vocative puto puta
locative putu putima
instrumental putom putima

Noun[edit]

puto (Cyrillic spelling путо)

  1. vocative singular of puta

References[edit]

  • “puto” in Hrvatski jezični portal

Spanish[edit]

Etymology[edit]

From puta.

Pronunciation[edit]

  • IPA(key): /ˈputo/, [ˈpu.t̪o]
  • Audio (Colombia)(file)

Adjective[edit]

puto (feminine puta, masculine plural putos, feminine plural putas)

  1. (vulgar) fucking, goddamn
    • 1994, José Ángel Mañas, chapter I, in Historias del Kronen, Barcelona: Ediciones Destino, →ISBN, page 11:
      Me jode ir al Kronen los sábados por la tarde porque está siempre hasta el culo de gente. No hay ni una puta mesa libre y hace un calor insoportable.
      (please add an English translation of this quote)
    • 2022 May 17, Álvaro Sánchez, “Los sueños rotos de luna, la criptomoneda que colapsó en tres días: “Parecía una apuesta segura””, in El País‎[2], retrieved 2022-05-18:
      “Kwon es un puto visionario, el Elon Musk del futuro”, decía la semana pasada, justo antes de su derrumbe, uno de los jóvenes que en los últimos tiempos apostaba por esta criptomoneda.
      (please add an English translation of this quote)

Derived terms[edit]

Noun[edit]

puto m (plural putos, feminine puta, feminine plural putas)

  1. (vulgar) man-whore
    Synonym: prostituto
  2. (vulgar, derogatory) faggot
    Synonym: maricón
  3. (vulgar, derogatory) asshole, fucker, motherfucker
    Synonyms: culero, pendejo

Further reading[edit]

Tagalog[edit]

Etymology[edit]

From Tamil புட்டு (puṭṭu, “a Tamil dish”).

Noun[edit]

puto

  1. white rice cake

Derived terms[edit]

Related terms[edit]

Waray-Waray[edit]

Etymology 1[edit]

Possibly from Tamil புட்டு (puṭṭu, “a Tamil dish”).

Noun[edit]

puto

  1. white rice cake

Etymology 2[edit]

Noun[edit]

putó

  1. youngest child; last born child
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