prostituta

See also: prostitūta and prostitūtā

Asturian

Noun

prostituta f (plural prostitutes)

1. prostitute (a person having sex for profit)

Basque

Noun

prostituta ?

1. prostitute

Declension

Declension of prostituta (animate, ending in -a)

	indefinite	singular	plural
absolutive	prostituta	prostituta	prostitutak
ergative	prostitutak	prostitutak	prostitutek
dative	prostitutari	prostitutari	prostitutei
genitive	prostitutaren	prostitutaren	prostituten
comitative	prostitutarekin	prostitutarekin	prostitutekin
causative	prostitutarengatik	prostitutarengatik	prostitutengatik
benefactive	prostitutarentzat	prostitutarentzat	prostitutentzat
instrumental	prostitutaz	prostitutaz	prostitutez
inessive	prostitutarengan	prostitutarengan	prostitutengan
locative	—	—	—
allative	prostitutarengana	prostitutarengana	prostitutengana
terminative	prostitutarenganaino	prostitutarenganaino	prostitutenganaino
directive	prostitutarenganantz	prostitutarenganantz	prostitutenganantz
destinative	prostitutarenganako	prostitutarenganako	prostitutenganako
ablative	prostitutarengandik	prostitutarengandik	prostitutengandik
partitive	prostitutarik	—	—
prolative	prostitutatzat	—	—

Catalan

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (Central) [pɾus.tiˈtu.tə]
• IPA^(key): (Balearic) [pɾos.tiˈtu.tə]
• IPA^(key): (Valencia) [pɾos.tiˈtu.ta]

• Audio:

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Noun

prostituta f (plural prostitutes)

1. female equivalent of prostitut

Italian

Etymology

From Latin.

Pronunciation

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

Noun

prostituta f (plural prostitute, masculine prostituto, diminutive (uncommon, offensive) prostitutèlla)

1. prostitute, hooker

   Synonyms: battona, donnina, lucciola, meretrice, mignotta, passeggiatrice, puttana, squillo, (literary) pandemia

Related terms

• prostituirsi
• prostitutizio
• prostitutore
• prostituzione

Further reading

• prostituta in Collins Italian-English Dictionary
• prostituta in Luciano Canepari, Dizionario di Pronuncia Italiana (DiPI)
• prostituta in Aldo Gabrielli, Grandi Dizionario Italiano (Hoepli)
• prostituta in garzantilinguistica.it – Garzanti Linguistica, De Agostini Scuola Spa
• prostituta in Dizionario Italiano Olivetti, Olivetti Media Communication
• prostituta in sapere.it – De Agostini Editore
• prostituta in Treccani.it – Vocabolario Treccani on line, Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana

Latin

Pronunciation

• prōstitūta: (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /proːs.tiˈtuː.ta/, [proːs̠t̪ɪˈt̪uːt̪ä]
• prōstitūta: (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /pros.tiˈtu.ta/, [prost̪iˈt̪uːt̪ä]
• prōstitūtā: (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /proːs.tiˈtuː.taː/, [proːs̠t̪ɪˈt̪uːt̪äː]
• prōstitūtā: (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /pros.tiˈtu.ta/, [prost̪iˈt̪uːt̪ä]

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

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /pɾos.t͡ʃiˈtu.tɐ/

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /pɾos.t͡ʃiˈtu.tɐ/
  • (Rio de Janeiro) IPA^(key): /pɾoʃ.t͡ʃiˈtu.tɐ/
  • (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /pɾos.t͡ʃiˈtu.ta/

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /pɾuʃ.tiˈtu.tɐ/

• (Northeast Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˌpɾɔʃ.ti.ˈtu.tɐ/

• Audio (Brazil):

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• Rhymes: -utɐ
• Hyphenation: pros‧ti‧tu‧ta

Noun

prostituta f (plural prostitutas, masculine prostituto, masculine plural prostitutos)

1. prostitute (woman who sells sex)

   Synonyms: see Thesaurus:prostituta

Related terms

• prostíbulo
• prostituição
• prostituir
• prostituto

Further reading

• “prostituta”, in iDicionário Aulete (in Portuguese), Rio de Janeiro: Lexikon Editora Digital, 2008–2025
• “prostituta”, in Dicionário inFormal (in Portuguese), 2006–2025
• “prostituta” in Dicionário Aberto based on Novo Diccionário da Língua Portuguesa de Cândido de Figueiredo, 1913
• “prostituta”, in Dicionário infopédia da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Porto: Porto Editora, 2003–2025
• “prostituta”, in Michaelis Dicionário Brasileiro da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), São Paulo: Editora Melhoramentos, 2015–2025
• “prostituta”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2025

Spanish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /pɾostiˈtuta/ [pɾos.t̪iˈt̪u.t̪a]
• 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

• (Standard Tagalog) IPA^(key): /pɾostiˈtuta/ [pɾos.t̪ɪˈt̪uː.t̪ɐ]
• Rhymes: -uta
• Syllabification: pros‧ti‧tu‧ta

Noun

prostituta (Baybayin spelling ᜉ᜔ᜇᜓᜐ᜔ᜆᜒᜆᜓᜆ)

1. (female) prostitute

   Synonyms: puta, (slang, derogatory) pokpok, (Batangas) pagerper

Related terms

• prostitusyon

Further reading

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