Feminine
pua
Meaning
- (feminine) sharp end; point
- (feminine) drill; bit (rotary cutting tool)
- (feminine) sting
- (Brazil, colloquial, feminine) womanizer, player
Hyphenated as
pu‧a
Pronounced as (IPA)
/ˈpu.ɐ/
Etymology
Inherited from Vulgar Latin *pugia, from Latin pungō (“to prick, to puncture, to sting”). Cognate with Galician puga, púa and Spanish púa. The sense "womanizer", "player" is influenced by English PUA.
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