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Spanish
Etymology
Inherited from Old Spanish fijo de puta, attested in the anonymous work Crónica de veinte reyes (by 1325), compare the similar but older fijo de la mala putaña (“son of a bad whore”), attested in Gonzalo de Berceo's Los Milagros de nuestra Señora (c. 1250).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˌixo de ˈputa/
- Syllabification: hi‧jo de pu‧ta
Noun
hijo de puta m (plural hijos de puta, feminine hija de puta, feminine plural hijas de puta)
- (derogatory, vulgar, idiomatic) son of a bitch (an objectionable, despicable person and any objectionable thing)
- (derogatory, vulgar, idiomatic) motherfucker
Derived terms
Interjection
¡hijo de puta!
- (derogatory, vulgar) son of a bitch!
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