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English
Etymology
From Tagalog (and other Philippine languages) puto , from Tamil புட்டு ( puṭṭu , “ a Tamil dish ” ) .
Pronunciation
Noun
puto (plural putos or puto )
( Philippines ) A rice cake made of boiled or steamed rice.
( Puto (bug) ) , a genus of scale insects
Anagrams
Bikol Central
Etymology
Possibly from Tamil புட்டு ( puṭṭu , “ a Tamil dish ” ) .
Pronunciation
Hyphenation: pu‧to
IPA (key ) : /ˈputo/
Noun
púto
rice cake
See also
Cebuano
Etymology
From Tamil புட்டு ( puṭṭu , “ a Tamil dish ” ) .
Pronunciation
Hyphenation: pu‧to
IPA (key ) : /ˈputo/
Noun
púto
a rice cake cooked by boiling or steaming rice
a similar dish that uses egg whites and flour
Esperanto
Etymology
From Latin puteus . Not related to putino .
Pronunciation
Noun
puto (accusative singular puton , plural putoj , accusative plural putojn )
A well ; a hole sunk into the ground for obtaining water.
Tiu ĉi puto estas proksimume 50 metrojn profunda. ― This well is about 50 meters deep.
Latin
Pronunciation
Etymology 1
Proto-Indo-European *-éh₂ Latin puto
Either from putus + -ō , or else from Proto-Indo-European *paw- ( “ to strike ” ) , which would make it cognate with puteus . For sense development, compare dēcīdō .
Verb
putō (present infinitive putāre , perfect active putāvī , supine putātum ) ; first conjugation
( very rare ) to clean , cleanse
to trim , prune , lop
( figurative ) to arrange , settle
( figurative ) to value , esteem , deem , regard , consider
Publilius Syrus :
Quamvis non rectum quod iuvat rectum putes. It may not be right but if it pays think it so.
( figurative ) to judge , suspect , suppose
c. 69 CE – 122 CE ,
Suetonius ,
Life of Vespasian 23 4:
Prima quoque morbi accessione, Vae , inquit, puto , deus fio. As death drew near, said, Dear me, I suspect I'm becoming a god.
( figurative ) to ponder , consider, think about
Conjugation
Conjugation of putō (first conjugation )
indicative
singular
plural
first
second
third
first
second
third
active
present
putō
putās
putat
putāmus
putātis
putant
imperfect
putābam
putābās
putābat
putābāmus
putābātis
putābant
future
putābō
putābis
putābit
putābimus
putābitis
putābunt
perfect
putāvī
putāvistī , putāstī 1
putāvit , putāt 1
putāvimus , putāmus 1
putāvistis , putāstis 1
putāvērunt , putāvēre , putārunt 1
pluperfect
putāveram , putāram 1
putāverās , putārās 1
putāverat , putārat 1
putāverāmus , putārāmus 1
putāverātis , putārātis 1
putāverant , putārant 1
future perfect
putāverō , putārō 1
putāveris , putāris 1
putāverit , putārit 1
putāverimus , putārimus 1
putāveritis , putāritis 1
putāverint , putārint 1
passive
present
putor
putāris , putāre
putātur
putāmur
putāminī
putantur
imperfect
putābar
putābāris , putābāre
putābātur
putābāmur
putābāminī
putābantur
future
putābor
putāberis , putābere
putābitur
putābimur
putābiminī
putābuntur
perfect
putātus + present active indicative of sum
pluperfect
putātus + imperfect active indicative of sum
future perfect
putātus + future active indicative of sum
subjunctive
singular
plural
first
second
third
first
second
third
active
present
putem
putēs
putet
putēmus
putētis
putent
imperfect
putārem
putārēs
putāret
putārēmus
putārētis
putārent
perfect
putāverim , putārim 1
putāverīs , putārīs 1
putāverit , putārit 1
putāverīmus , putārīmus 1
putāverītis , putārītis 1
putāverint , putārint 1
pluperfect
putāvissem , putāssem 1
putāvissēs , putāssēs 1
putāvisset , putāsset 1
putāvissēmus , putāssēmus 1
putāvissētis , putāssētis 1
putāvissent , putāssent 1
passive
present
puter
putēris , putēre
putētur
putēmur
putēminī
putentur
imperfect
putārer
putārēris , putārēre
putārētur
putārēmur
putārēminī
putārentur
perfect
putātus + present active subjunctive of sum
pluperfect
putātus + imperfect active subjunctive of sum
imperative
singular
plural
first
second
third
first
second
third
active
present
—
putā
—
—
putāte
—
future
—
putātō
putātō
—
putātōte
putantō
passive
present
—
putāre
—
—
putāminī
—
future
—
putātor
putātor
—
—
putantor
non-finite forms
active
passive
present
perfect
future
present
perfect
future
infinitives
putāre
putāvisse , putāsse 1
putātūrum esse
putārī
putātum esse
putātum īrī
participles
putāns
—
putātūrus
—
putātus
putandus
verbal nouns
gerund
supine
genitive
dative
accusative
ablative
accusative
ablative
putandī
putandō
putandum
putandō
putātum
putātū
1 At least one rare poetic syncopated perfect form is attested.
Synonyms
( clean ) : abstergeō , pūrgō , luō , tergeō , effingō
( lop ) : amputō , discindō , intercidō , incīdō , discerpō
( think ) : cōgitō , sentio , arbitror , existimo , opinor , credo
( consider ) : considero , perpendō , reputo , arbitror , existimo , iudico , censeo , cogito , reor
( ponder ) : reflectō , ponderō , pendō , cōnsīderō , dēlīberō , reputō , cōnsulō , replicō , dubitō , cōnsultō , circumspiciō , videō , trahō , versō
Antonyms
Derived terms
Descendants
Etymology 2
See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.
Adjective
putō
dative / ablative masculine / neuter singular of putus
References
“puto ”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879 ) A Latin Dictionary , Oxford: Clarendon Press
“puto ”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891 ) An Elementary Latin Dictionary , New York: Harper & Brothers
puto in Gaffiot, Félix (1934 ) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français , Hachette.
Carl Meißner, Henry William Auden (1894 ) Latin Phrase-Book , London: Macmillan and Co. the result has surprised me; I was not prepared for this development: res aliter cecidit ac putaveram I think that..: in hac sum sententia, ut...putem to derive a word from... (used of an etymologist): verbum ductum esse a...putare to balance accounts with some one: rationes putare cum aliquo
Pangasinan
Etymology
Possibly from Tamil புட்டு ( puṭṭu , “ a Tamil dish ” ) .
Pronunciation
Hyphenation: pu‧to
IPA (key ) : /ˈputo/ ,
Noun
puto
white rice cake
Portuguese
Etymology
From Old Galician-Portuguese puto , from Latin pūtus ( “ boy ” ) . Cognate with Italian putto ( “ child ” ) .
Pronunciation
Rhymes: -utu
Hyphenation: pu‧to
Adjective
puto (feminine puta , masculine plural putos , feminine plural putas , comparable , comparative mais puto , superlative o mais puto or putíssimo , diminutive putinho , augmentative putão or putaço )
( Brazil , informal , vulgar , colloquial ) furious , angry , annoyed , irritated
Eu estou puto com ela. I'm very angry with her.
Minha mãe ficou puta com a situação. My mom became angry with the situation.
Derived terms
Noun
puto m (plural putos )
( Portugal , informal ) kid
Synonym: chavalo
Estava lá um puto a fazer o que não devia. There was a kid doing things he shouldn't.
2024 July 14, Rui Antunes, “Espanha tetracampeã : No pátio do Europeu, a bola é dos putos Nico e Lamine (e a taça também) [Four-time champion Spain: In the European courtyard, the ball belongs to the kids Nico and Lamine (and the cup too) ]”, in Visão , retrieved 2024-07-16 :
( Portugal , colloquial ) son
Synonym: filho
O meu puto está sempre a fazer asneiras. My son is always misbehaving.
( Brazil , vulgar ) a jerk ; an unlikable , obnoxious person
Synonym: quengo
Aquele cara ali é um puto . That dude over there isn't worth anything .
( vulgar , Brazil ) a libertine man
( vulgar , Brazil ) a male prostitute ; a manwhore
( vulgar , Rio Grande do Sul ) a fag ; a gay , homosexual
( vulgar , Brazil ) a small quantity of money
Eu estou sem nenhum puto . I don’t have any money .
Pronoun
puto
( Portugal , colloquial ) ( indefinite ) nothing ( not any thing; no thing )
Synonyms: nada , ( colloquial ) nicles
Não entendi puto . I didn't understand anything .
Serbo-Croatian
Etymology
Inherited from Proto-Slavic *pǫto .
Pronunciation
IPA (key ) : /pûto/
Hyphenation: pu‧to
Noun
pȕto n (Cyrillic spelling пу̏то )
pastern
Synonym: pùtilo
Declension
Noun
puto (Cyrillic spelling путо )
vocative singular of puta
References
“puto ”, in Hrvatski jezični portal [Croatian language portal ] (in Serbo-Croatian), 2006–2024
Slovak
Etymology
Inherited from Proto-Slavic *pǫ̀to .
Pronunciation
Noun
puto n
bond (emotional)
Declension
Further reading
“puto ”, in Slovníkový portál Jazykovedného ústavu Ľ. Štúra SAV [Dictionary portal of the Ľ. Štúr Institute of Linguistics, Slovak Academy of Science ] (in Slovak), https://slovnik.juls.savba.sk , 2003–2024
Spanish
Etymology
From puta .
Pronunciation
IPA (key ) : /ˈputo/
Rhymes: -uto
Syllabification: pu‧to
Adjective
puto (feminine puta , masculine plural putos , feminine plural putas )
( vulgar ) fucking , goddamn
1994 , José Ángel Mañas , chapter I, in Historias del Kronen , Barcelona: Ediciones Destino, →ISBN , page 11 :Me jode ir al Kronen los sábados por la tarde porque está siempre hasta el culo de gente. No hay ni una puta mesa libre y hace un calor insoportable. Going to Kronen on Saturdays pisses me off because it's always chock full of people. There isn't a single fucking free table and it's unbearably hot.
2022 May 17, Álvaro Sánchez, “Los sueños rotos de luna, la criptomoneda que colapsó en tres días: “Parecía una apuesta segura””, in El País , retrieved 2022-05-18 :“Kwon es un puto visionario, el Elon Musk del futuro”, decía la semana pasada, justo antes de su derrumbe [...] "Kwon is a fucking visionary, the Elon Musk of the future", said last week, just before it crumbled
Derived terms
Noun
puto m (plural putos , feminine puta , feminine plural putas )
( vulgar ) man-whore
Synonym: prostituto
( vulgar , derogatory ) faggot
Synonym: maricón
( vulgar , derogatory ) asshole , fucker , motherfucker
Synonyms: culero , pendejo
Further reading
Swahili
Pronunciation
Noun
puto (ma class , plural maputo )
balloon
Synonyms: kibofu , baluni
Tagalog
Etymology
Borrowed from Malay putu , from Tamil புட்டு ( puṭṭu , “ a Tamil dish ” ) . Compare Indonesian putu .
Pronunciation
Noun
puto (Baybayin spelling ᜉᜓᜆᜓ )
puto ( steamed rice cake )
Derived terms
See also
Further reading
“puto ”, in Pambansang Diksiyonaryo | Diksiyonaryo.ph , Manila, 2018
Waray-Waray
Etymology 1
Possibly from Tamil புட்டு ( puṭṭu , “ a Tamil dish ” ) .
Noun
puto
white rice cake
Etymology 2
Noun
putó
youngest child ; last born child