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Etymology edit

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 edit

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

Noun edit

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 edit

Interjection edit

¡hijo de puta!

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

Descendants edit

  • Tagalog: iho de puta

Further reading edit