joto

Meaning

1. (Honduras, Mexico, derogatory, masculine, vulgar) gay (male homosexual)
2. (masculine) joker
3. (broadly, masculine) jack

Concepts

queer

faggot

gay

poof

fag

knave

pansy

blue boy

faget

fagot

fairy

🧚

homo

jack

Synonyms

maricón

puto

homosexual

marica

gay

julay

afeminado

trucha

soplanucas

mayate

cobarde

jack

muerdealmohadas

paquete

plumas

paquete o bulto pequeño

Hyphenated as

jo‧to

Pronounced as (IPA)

/ˈxoto/

Etymology

Unknown, maybe from choto; also proposed from jota, Spanish name of letter j, because of mocking, festive aspect of the joker card figure applied to some gay males. Another version is that gay and queer men were held in the J bay of the Lecumberri prison in Mexico City (J is pronounced "jota" in Spanish).