puto

Cebuano

Etymology

From Tamil புட்டு (puṭṭu) (a Tamil dish).

Noun

puto

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

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Esperanto

Noun

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

1. well

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Latin

Etymology

From Latin putus.

Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /ˈpu.toː/, [ˈpʊ.toː]

Verb

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

1. I clean, cleanse
2. I trim, prune, lop
3. (figuratively) I arrange, settle
4. (figuratively) I value, esteem, deem, regard, consider
   • c. 185 BCE – 159 BCE, Publius Terentius Afer, Heauton Timorumenos 1.77

     Homo sum, humani nihil a me alienum puto.

     I am a human, I consider nothing that is human alien to me.

5. (figuratively) I judge, suspect, suppose
6. (figuratively) I ponder, consider, think about

Inflection

Conjugation of puto (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, putāsti1	putāvit	putāvimus	putāvistis, putāstis1	putāvērunt, putāvēre
	pluperfect	putāveram	putāverās	putāverat	putāverāmus	putāverātis	putāverant
	future perfect	putāverō	putāveris	putāverit	putāverimus	putāveritis	putāverint
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	putāverīs	putāverit	putāverīmus	putāverītis	putāverint
	pluperfect	putāvissem, putāssem1	putāvissēs, putāsses1	putāvisset, putāsset1	putāvissēmus, putāssemus1	putāvissētis, putāssetis1	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	putātūrus esse	putārī	putātus esse	putātum īrī
participles		putāns	—	putātūrus	—	putātus	putandus
verbal nouns		gerund				supine
		nominative	genitive	dative/ablative	accusative	accusative	ablative
		putāre	putandī	putandō	putandum	putātum	putātū

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

Synonyms

• (ponder): cogitō

Derived terms

• amputō
• apputō
• computō
• dēputō
• disputō
• exputō
• imputō
• opputō
• perputō
• postputō
• putāmen
• putātiō
• putātor
• reputō
• supputō

Descendants

• Asturian: podar
• Catalan: podar
• Dalmatian: potuor
• English: putative, dispute
• Franco-Provençal: pouar
• Galician: podar
• Italian: potare

• Occitan: podar
• Portuguese: podar
• Sardinian: pudai, pudare
• Spanish: podar

References

• 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 Félix Gaffiot’s Dictionnaire Illustré Latin-Français, Hachette (1934)
• 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
    

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Pangasinan

Noun

puto

1. rice cake

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Portuguese

Pronunciation

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /ˈpu.tu/
• Hyphenation: pu‧to

Etymology

From Old Portuguese puto, from Latin pūtus (“boy”).

Cognate with Italian putto (“child”).

Adjective

puto m (feminine singular puta, masculine plural putos, feminine plural putas, comparable)

1. (informal, slang, Brazil) furious, angry, annoyed, irritated

   Eu estou puto com ela.

   I'm very angry at her.

Inflection

Inflection of puto

	singular		plural
	masculine	feminine	masculine	feminine
positive	puto	puta	putos	putas
comparative	mais puto	mais puta	mais putos	mais putas
superlative	o mais puto putíssimo	a mais puta putíssima	os mais putos putíssimos	as mais putas putíssimas
augmentative	putão	putona	putões	putonas
diminutive	putinho	putinha	putinhos	putinhas

Noun

puto m (plural putos)

1. (colloquial, derogatory, Portugal) small kid

   Havia lá um puto a fazer o que não devia.

   There was a kid doing things he shouldn't.

2. (vulgar, Brazil) a jerk; an unlikable, obnoxious person

   Aquele cara ali é um puto.

   That dude over there isn't worth anything.

3. (vulgar, Rio Grande do Sul) a fag; a gay, homosexual
4. (vulgar, Portugal, Brazil) a small quantity of money

   Eu estou sem nenhum puto.

   I don’t have any money.

Synonyms

• (jerk; unlikable, obnoxious person): quengo

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Serbo-Croatian

Etymology

From Proto-Slavic *pǫto.

Pronunciation

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

Noun

pȕto n (Cyrillic spelling пу̏то)

1. pastern

Declension

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

Synonyms

• pùtilo

References

• “puto” in Hrvatski jezični portal

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Spanish

Etymology

From puta.

Adjective

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

1. (vulgar) motherfucking, goddamned

Noun

puto m (plural putos)

1. man-whore
2. (vulgar, pejorative) faggot
3. (vulgar, pejorative) asshole, fucker, motherfucker

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Tagalog

Noun

puto

1. white rice cake

Derived terms

• putuhan

Related terms

• kakanin

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Waray-Waray

Noun

puto

1. white rice cake

Noun

putó

1. youngest child; last born child