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Etymology
From puta + -ana.
Pronunciation
Noun
putana f (plural putanes)
- (archaic) whore
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Ladino
Etymology
From Old Spanish putana, from Old French putain.
Noun
putana f (Latin spelling)
- (vulgar) whore
Old Spanish
Alternative forms
Etymology
From Old French putain, from Vulgar Latin putta, from Latin puta, feminine of putus (“boy”).
Pronunciation
Noun
putana f (plural putanas)
- prostitute, harlot
c. 1200, Almerich, Fazienda de Ultramar, f. 6r:viola iuda cubierta e nola cõnoçio. E cuedo q̃ era putana. E dixol ẏaz comẏgo ⁊ dẏxo ella q̃ me daras. Acordarõ ſe q̃l dieſſe uncabrito e diol pẽnos ſo anẏello. Ela cinta q̃ cinnẏa. E el blago q̃ tenẏa. en su mano.- Judah saw her covered and did not recognize her, and he thought she was a prostitute. And he said to her, “Lay with me”, and she replied, “What will you give me?” They agreed he would give her a young goat, and he pledged her his ring and his girdle and the staff he had in his hand.
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