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hijo de puta

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Spanish

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Alternative forms

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Etymology

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Inherited from Old Spanish fijo de puta, attested in the anonymous work Crónica de veinte reyes (by 1325), compare the similar but older fijo de la mala putaña (son of a bad whore), attested in Gonzalo de Berceo's Los Milagros de nuestra Señora (c. 1250).

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /ˌixo de ˈputa/ [ˌi.xo ð̞e ˈpu.t̪a]
  • Syllabification: hi‧jo de pu‧ta

Noun

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hijo de puta m (plural hijos de puta, feminine hija de puta, feminine plural hijas de puta)

  1. (derogatory, vulgar, idiomatic) son of a bitch (an objectionable, despicable person and any objectionable thing)
  2. (derogatory, vulgar, idiomatic) motherfucker

Derived terms

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Interjection

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¡hijo de puta!

  1. (derogatory, vulgar) son of a bitch!

Descendants

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  • Tagalog: iho de puta

Further reading

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