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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)

(Philippines) A rice cake made of boiled or steamed rice.
(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

rice cake

Cebuano

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

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

Noun

púto

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

Esperanto

Esperanto Wikipedia has an article on:

puto

Wikipedia ^eo

Etymology

From Latin puteus. Not related to putino.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): [ˈputo]
Audio: (file)
Rhymes: -uto
Hyphenation: pu‧to

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

(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

(very rare) to clean, cleanse
to trim, prune, lop
(figurative) to arrange, settle
(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.
(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.
(figurative) to ponder, consider, think about

Conjugation

More information indicative, singular ...

indicative		singular				plural
indicative		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		putāvēre, putāvērunt, 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	putāre, putāris		putātur	putāmur	putāminī		putantur
	imperfect	putābar	putābāre, putābāris		putābātur	putābāmur	putābāminī		putābantur
	future	putābor	putābere, putāberis		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
subjunctive		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	putēre, putēris		putētur	putēmur	putēminī		putentur
	imperfect	putārer	putārēre, putārēris		putārētur	putārēmur	putārēminī		putārentur
	perfect	putātus + present active subjunctive of sum
	pluperfect	putātus + imperfect active subjunctive of sum
imperative		singular				plural
imperative		first	second		third	first	second		third
active	present	—	putā		—	—	putāte		—
active	future	—	putātō		putātō	—	putātōte		putantō
passive	present	—	putāre		—	—	putāminī		—
passive	future	—	putātor		putātor	—	—		putantor
non-finite forms		infinitive				participle
non-finite forms		active		passive		active		passive
present		putāre		putārī		putāns		—
future		putātūrum esse		putātum īrī		putātūrus		putandus
perfect		putāvisse, putāsse¹		putātum esse		—		putātus
future perfect		—		putātum fore		—		—
perfect potential		putātūrum fuisse		—		—		—
verbal nouns		gerund					supine
		genitive	dative		accusative	ablative	accusative		ablative
		putandī	putandō		putandum	putandō	putātum		putātū

Conjugation of putō (first conjugation)

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

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

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/, [ˈpʊ.to]

Noun

puto

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): (file)

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

emputecer

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

More information singular, plural ...

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

Declension of puto

Noun

puto (Cyrillic spelling путо)

vocative singular of puta

References

“puto”, in Hrvatski jezični portal [Croatian language portal] (in Serbo-Croatian), 2006–2025

Slovak

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *pǫ̀to.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): [ˈputɔ]

Noun

puto n

bond (emotional)

Declension

More information singular, plural ...

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

Declension of puto

Spanish

Etymology

From puta.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ˈputo/ [ˈpu.t̪o]
Audio (Colombia): (file)
Rhymes: -uto
Syllabification: pu‧to

Adjective

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

(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", [he] 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

Swahili

Pronunciation

Audio (Kenya): (file)

Noun

puto class V (plural maputo class VI)

balloon
Synonyms: kibofu, baluni

Tagalog

Tagalog Wikipedia has an article on:

puto

Wikipedia ^tl

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)

puto (steamed rice cake)
(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

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

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English

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Bikol Central

Etymology

Pronunciation

Noun

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Cebuano

Etymology

Pronunciation

Noun

Esperanto

Etymology

Pronunciation

Noun

Latin

Pronunciation

Etymology 1

Verb

Conjugation

Synonyms

Antonyms

Derived terms

Descendants

Etymology 2

Adjective

References

Pangasinan

Etymology

Pronunciation

Noun

Portuguese

Etymology

Pronunciation

Adjective

Derived terms

Noun

Pronoun

Serbo-Croatian

Etymology

Pronunciation

Noun

Declension

Noun

References

Slovak

Etymology

Pronunciation

Noun

Declension

Further reading

Spanish

Etymology

Pronunciation

Adjective

Derived terms

Noun

Further reading

Swahili

Pronunciation

Noun

Tagalog

Etymology

Pronunciation

Noun

Derived terms

See also

Further reading

Waray-Waray

Etymology 1

Noun

Etymology 2

Noun