puta

See also: puța, puță, püta, púta, pútà, пута, pụta, and Půta

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English

Etymology 1

From Spanish puta.

Pronunciation

• Audio (US):

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Noun

puta (uncountable)

1. (vulgar, chiefly US Hispanic) A prostitute, whore, slut, bitch, etc.
   • 1988 February 12, Lawrence Bommer, “Extremeties/Talking With . . .”, in Chicago Reader‎:

     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.

Etymology 2

Borrowed from Dzongkha པུ་ཏ (pu ta).

Noun

puta (uncountable)

1. A Bhutanese noodle dish.
   • 2024, Bradley Mayhew, Lindsay Fegent-Brown, Galey Tenzin, Bhutan‎, Lonely Planet, →ISBN:

     At high altitudes wheat and buckwheat are the staples. In Bumthang, khule (buckwheat pancakes) and puta (buckwheat noodles) replace rice as the foundation of many meals. Dessert is most often a modest presentation of fruit -apple, banana, pineapple or orange, depending on the season.

Anagrams

• APTU, Tupa, UATP, patu, tapu

Asturian

Etymology

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. Cognate with French pute, Spanish puta, Portuguese puta, Galician puta, Catalan puta, as well as Old Italian putta (“girl”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈputa/ [ˈpu.t̪a]
• Rhymes: -uta
• Syllabification: pu‧ta

Noun

puta f (plural putes)

1. whore (prostitute)

Basque

Etymology

Borrowed from Spanish puta.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /puta/ [pu.t̪a]
• Rhymes: -uta, -a
• Hyphenation: pu‧ta

Noun

puta ?

1. (vulgar, derogatory) whore, prostitute

Catalan

Etymology

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. Cognate with French pute, Spanish puta, Portuguese puta, Galician puta, Asturian puta, as well as Old Italian putta (“girl”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (Central, Balearic) [ˈpu.tə]
• IPA^(key): (Valencia) [ˈpu.ta]

• Audio (Barcelona):

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Noun

puta f (plural putes)

1. (derogatory, vulgar) whore, slut

   Synonyms: meuca, prostituta, bagassa, barjaula, barram, folla fembra

2. mischievous

Derived terms

• fill de puta
• putada
• putejar
• putenc
• puteria
• puto

Related terms

• putana

Adjective

puta

1. (colloquial, vulgar) fucking, goddamn, used with feminine nouns.

   Synonyms: fotut, maleït, refotut

   La puta bicicleta dels collons.

   The fucking bike.

   Ni puta idea.

   No fucking idea.

Interjection

puta

1. (vulgar) fucking, goddamn, damn

Further reading

• “puta”, in Diccionari de la llengua catalana [Dictionary of the Catalan Language] (in Catalan), second edition, Institute of Catalan Studies [Catalan: Institut d'Estudis Catalans], April 2007

Cebuano

Etymology

Borrowed from Spanish puta.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈputa/ [ˈpu.t̪ɐ]
• Hyphenation: pu‧ta

Noun

púta (Badlit spelling ᜉᜓᜆ)

1. (vulgar) prostitute
2. (derogatory, vulgar) slut; bitch

   Synonyms: bigaon, igat

Chavacano

Etymology

From Spanish puta.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈputa/, [ˈpu.t̪a]
• Hyphenation: pu‧ta

Noun

puta

1. (vulgar) prostitute
2. (vulgar) bitch (obnoxious person)

Descendants

• → Tausug: puta

French

Etymology

Probably borrowed from Spanish puta. It appeared first in rap texts. Doublet of pute.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /pu.ta/

Noun

puta f (plural putas)

1. (slang, derogatory, vulgar) bitch
   • 2019, Ninho, “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

2. (slang, derogatory, vulgar) whore
3. (slang, derogatory, vulgar) slut

Synonyms

• pute