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1988 February 12, Lawrence Bommer, “Extremeties/Talking With . . .”, in Chicago Reader:
Mastrosimone's (antiheroine?) Marjorie lets in a man who quickly drops the small talk, slams her to the floor, and almost smothers her with a pillow as he commands her to say "thank you," "I love you," and "I am your puta."
2005, Eric Bogosian, Wasted Beauty, page 63:
And we told you, man, we have not seen your puta sister.
2019, Ninho (lyrics and music), “Maman ne le sait pas”, performed by Ninho:
Dans la ville j’revends le cannabis, maman ne le sait pas J’recompte mes potes, tout près des haramistes, le canon d’vant la glace Les pneus qui crissent, on est revenus tirer sur ces fils de puta Et j’sais qu’Iblis veut pas m’voir m’en tirer, faut qu’j’m’éloigne de tout ça
In the city I'm selling cannabis, mama don't know it I'm counting my buddies, close to the sinners, the gun in front of the mirror The tyres squealing, we're back to shoot those sons of bitches And I know Iblis don't want me to get away with it, I gotta get away from it all
1459, Anselmo López Carreira (ed.), Fragmentos de notarios, doc. 164;
Iten Costança de Riba davia diso porlo dito juramento que feito avya que lle oyra diser que disera a dita Costança Vasques que era huna puta que posera as cornas ao marido
Item, Constanza de Ribadavia said, by that oath that she had done, that she heard that said Constanza Vázquez was a slut that had put horns on her husband
(vulgar) an intensifier used in a similar way as fucking, freaking or damn may be used in the USA. May mean "huge", "impressive" and/or "problematic" and can even be used in a good way, if the person is jealous
Non puiden ir alá por causa dunha puta tormenta. ― I could not go there, because of a fucking storm.
Tes unha puta sorte! ― You're so freaking lucky! / You're so freaking unlucky!
“puta” in Dicionario de Dicionarios do galego medieval, SLI - ILGA 2006–2022.
“puta” in Xavier Varela Barreiro & Xavier Gómez Guinovart: Corpus Xelmírez - Corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval. SLI / Grupo TALG / ILG, 2006–2018.
“puta” in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega, SLI - ILGA 2006–2013.
“puta” in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega. Santiago: ILG.
(Portugal and in some cities in Brazil,vulgar) an intensifier used in a similar way as fucking, frigging or damn may be used in the USA. May mean "huge", "impressive" and/or "problematic" and can even be used in a good way if the person is jealous
times(in combination with cardinals greater than or equal to two, and other words indicating quantity, specifying how many times has the action been repeated)
The Commission on the Filipino Language treats this as the neutral word for a prostitute, but the English term is often used in its place due to its roots as a Spanish vulgarity.