Feminine

puta

Meaning

Concepts

Frequency

Pronounced as (IPA)

[ˈpu.tə]

Cognate with French

Cognate with Spanish

Cognate with Portuguese

Cognate with Galician

Cognate with Asturian

Cognate with Italian

In summary

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”).