puto

See also: путо

English

Etymology

From Tagalog (and other Philippine languages) puto, from Tamil புட்டு (puṭṭu, “a Tamil dish”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈpuːtoʊ/

Noun

puto (plural putos or puto)

1. (Philippines) A rice cake made of boiled or steamed rice.
2. (Puto (bug)), a genus of scale insects

Anagrams

• pout, tupo, up to

Bikol Central

Etymology

Possibly from Tamil புட்டு (puṭṭu, “a Tamil dish”).

Pronunciation

• Hyphenation: pu‧to
• IPA^(key): /ˈputo/ [ˈpu.to]

Noun

púto

1. rice cake

See also

• bibingka
• ibos

 

Cebuano

Etymology

From Tamil புட்டு (puṭṭu, “a Tamil dish”).

Pronunciation

• Hyphenation: pu‧to
• IPA^(key): /ˈputo/ [ˈpu.t̪o]

Noun

púto

1. a rice cake cooked by boiling or steaming rice
2. a similar dish that uses egg whites and flour

Esperanto

Etymology

From Latin puteus. Not related to putino.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈputo]

• Audio:

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• Rhymes: -uto
• Hyphenation: pu‧to

Noun

puto (accusative singular puton, plural putoj, accusative plural putojn)

1. 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

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /ˈpu.toː/, [ˈpʊt̪oː]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ˈpu.to/, [ˈpuːt̪o]

Etymology 1

Etymology tree

Proto-Italic *putos

Latin putus?

Proto-Indo-European *-éh₂

Proto-Indo-European *-yéti

Proto-Indo-European *-eh₂yéti

Proto-Italic *-āō

Latin -ō?

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

1. (very rare) to clean, cleanse
2. to trim, prune, lop
3. (figurative) to arrange, settle
4. (figurative) to value, esteem, deem, regard, consider
   • 163 BCE, Publius Terentius Afer, Heauton Timorumenos 1.77:

     Homō sum, hūmānī nihil ā mē aliēnum putō.

     I am a human, I consider nothing that is human alien to me.

   • c. 84 BCE – 54 BCE, Catullus, Carmina 12.4:

     Hoc salsum esse putās?

     Do you think that's funny?

   • Publilius Syrus  :

     Quamvis non rectum quod iuvat rectum putes.

     It may not be right but if it pays think it so.

5. (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, [Vespasian] said, Dear me, I suspect I'm becoming a god.

6. (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, putāstī1	putāvit, putāt1	putāvimus, putāmus1	putāvistis, putāstis1	putāvērunt, putāvēre, putārunt1
	pluperfect	putāveram, putāram1	putāverās, putārās1	putāverat, putārat1	putāverāmus, putārāmus1	putāverātis, putārātis1	putāverant, putārant1
	future perfect	putāverō, putārō1	putāveris, putāris1	putāverit, putārit1	putāverimus, putārimus1	putāveritis, putāritis1	putāverint, putārint1
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, putārim1	putāverīs, putārīs1	putāverit, putārit1	putāverīmus, putārīmus1	putāverītis, putārītis1	putāverint, putārint1
pluperfect	putāvissem, putāssem1	putāvissēs, putāssēs1	putāvisset, putāsset1	putāvissēmus, putāssēmus1	putāvissētis, putāssētis1	putāvissent, putāssent1
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, putāsse1	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

¹At 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

• (antonym(s) of “clean”): contingō, scelerō, maculō, inquinō, polluō

Derived terms

• amputō
• apputō
• computō
• dēputō
• disputō
• exputō
• imputō
• opputō
• perputō
• postputō
• putāmen
• putātiō
• putātor
• reputō
• supputō

 

Descendants

• Dalmatian: potuor
• Franco-Provençal: pouar
• Italian: potare
• Old French:
  • ⇒ Middle French: putatif
    • French: putatif
    • → English: putative
• Old Leonese:
  • Asturian: podar
• Old Occitan:
  • Catalan: podar
  • Occitan: podar
• Old Galician-Portuguese:
  • Galician: podar
  • Portuguese: podar
• Old Spanish: podar
  • Spanish: podar
• Sardinian: pudai, pudare
• Sicilian: putari

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Adjective

putō

1. 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^[1], 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/, [ˈpʊ.to]

Noun

puto

1. white rice cake

Portuguese

Etymology

From Old Galician-Portuguese puto, from Latin pūtus (“boy”). Cognate with Italian putto (“child”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈpu.tu/

• Rhymes: -utu
• Hyphenation: pu‧to

• Audio (Brazil):

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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)

1. (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

• emputecer

Noun

puto m (plural putos)

1. (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^[2], retrieved 2024-07-16:
2. (Portugal, colloquial) son

   Synonym: filho

   O meu puto está sempre a fazer asneiras.

   My son is always misbehaving.

3. (Brazil, vulgar) a jerk; an unlikable, obnoxious person

   Synonym: quengo

   Aquele cara ali é um puto.

   That dude over there isn't worth anything.

4. (vulgar, Brazil) a libertine man
5. (vulgar, Brazil) a male prostitute; a manwhore
6. (vulgar, Rio Grande do Sul) a fag; a gay, homosexual
7. (vulgar, Brazil) a small quantity of money

   Eu estou sem nenhum puto.

   I don’t have any money.

Pronoun

puto

1. (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)

1. pastern

   Synonym: pùtilo

Declension

Declension of puto

	singular	plural
nominative	puto	puta
genitive	puta	puta
dative	putu	putima
accusative	puto	puta
vocative	puto	puta
locative	putu	putima
instrumental	putom	putima

Noun

puto (Cyrillic spelling путо)

1. 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

• IPA^(key): [ˈputɔ]

Noun

puto n

1. bond (emotional)

Declension

Declension of puto

	singular	plural
nominative	puto	putá
genitive	puta	pút
dative	putu	putám
accusative	puto	putá
locative	pute	putách
instrumental	putom	putami

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/ [ˈpu.t̪o]

• Audio (Colombia):

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• Rhymes: -uto
• Syllabification: pu‧to

Adjective

puto (feminine puta, masculine plural putos, feminine plural putas)

1. (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^[3], 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", [he] said last week, just before it crumbled [...]

Derived terms

• a la puta calle
• pasarlas putas

 

Noun

puto m (plural putos, feminine puta, feminine plural putas)

1. (vulgar) man-whore

   Synonym: prostituto

2. (vulgar, derogatory) faggot

   Synonym: maricón

3. (vulgar, derogatory) asshole, fucker, motherfucker

   Synonyms: culero, pendejo

Further reading

• “puto”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 2024 December 10

Swahili

Pronunciation

• Audio (Kenya):

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Noun

puto class V (plural maputo class VI)

1. balloon

   Synonyms: kibofu, baluni

Tagalog

Etymology

Borrowed from Malay putu, from Tamil புட்டு (puṭṭu, “a Tamil dish”). Compare Indonesian putu.

Pronunciation

• (Standard Tagalog) IPA^(key): /ˈputo/ [ˈpuː.t̪o]
• Rhymes: -uto
• Syllabification: pu‧to

Noun

puto (Baybayin spelling ᜉᜓᜆᜓ)

1. puto (steamed rice cake)
2. (colloquial) piece of cake (simple or easy job)

   Synonyms: sisiw, mani

Derived terms

• puto biñan
• puto bumbong
• puto masa
• puto maya
• puto-seko
• puto-sulot
• putuhan

 

See also

• bibingka
• biskuwit
• galyetas
• kakanin
• kutsinta
• tinapay

 

Further reading

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

Waray-Waray

Etymology 1

Possibly from Tamil புட்டு (puṭṭu, “a Tamil dish”).

Noun

puto

1. white rice cake

Etymology 2

Noun

putó

1. youngest child; last born child