prostituta

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Asturian

Noun

prostituta f (plural prostitutes)

  1. prostitute (a person having sex for profit)

Basque

Noun

prostituta ?

  1. prostitute

Declension

Catalan

Pronunciation

Noun

prostituta f (plural prostitutes)

  1. female equivalent of prostitut

Italian

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /pro.stiˈtu.ta/
  • Rhymes: -uta
  • Hyphenation: pro‧sti‧tù‧ta

Noun

prostituta f (plural prostitute)

  1. prostitute, hooker
    Synonyms: battona, donnina, lucciola, meretrice, mignotta, passeggiatrice, puttana, squillo

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Latin

Participle

prōstitūta

  1. inflection of prōstitūtus:
    1. nominative/vocative feminine singular
    2. nominative/accusative/vocative neuter plural

Participle

prōstitūtā

  1. ablative feminine singular of prōstitūtus

Portuguese

Etymology

Learned borrowing from Latin prōstitūta.

Pronunciation

 

  • (Northeast Brazil) IPA(key): /ˌpɾɔʃ.ti.ˈtu.tɐ/
  • Hyphenation: pros‧ti‧tu‧ta

Noun

prostituta f (plural prostitutas)

  1. prostitute (woman who sells sex)
    Synonyms: see Thesaurus:prostituta

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Spanish

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /pɾostiˈtuta/
  • Rhymes: -uta
  • Syllabification: pros‧ti‧tu‧ta

Noun

prostituta f (plural prostitutas)

  1. female equivalent of prostituto
    Tenemos más problemas que una prostituta bocona en un bar gay donde todos los hombres son policías encubiertos.
    We've got more problems than a loudmouthed prostitute at a gay bar where all the men are undercover cops.

Tagalog

Etymology

Borrowed from Spanish prostituta.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /pɾostiˈtuta/,
  • Hyphenation: pros‧ti‧tu‧ta

Noun

prostituta (Baybayin spelling ᜉ᜔ᜇᜓᜐ᜔ᜆᜒᜆᜓᜆ)

  1. (female) prostitute
    Synonyms: puta, (slang, derogatory) pokpok, (Batangas) pagerper

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Further reading

  • prostituta”, in Pambansang Diksiyonaryo | Diksiyonaryo.ph, Manila, 2018