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 cooked by boiling or steaming rice.

Anagrams

• pout, tupo, up to

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Bikol Central

Etymology

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

Noun

puto

1. white rice cake

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Cebuano

Etymology

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

Noun

puto

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

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Pronunciation

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Noun

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

1. well

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Latin

Etymology

From putus +‎ -ō.

Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /ˈpu.toː/, [ˈpʊ.t̪oː]
• (Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ˈpu.to/, [ˈpuː.t̪ɔ]

Verb

putō (present infinitive putāre, perfect active putāvī, supine putātum); first conjugation

1. I clean, cleanse
2. I trim, prune, lop
3. (figuratively) I arrange, settle
4. (figuratively) I 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 12.4:

     Hoc salsum esse putās?

     Do you think that's funny?

5. (figuratively) I judge, suspect, suppose
6. (figuratively) I ponder, consider, think about

   Synonym: cōgitō

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	putāvimus	putāvistis, putāstis1	putāvērunt, putāvēre
	pluperfect	putāveram	putāverās	putāverat	putāverāmus	putāverātis	putāverant
	future perfect	putāverō	putāveris	putāverit	putāverimus	putāveritis	putāverint
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	putāverīs	putāverit	putāverīmus	putāverītis	putāverint
	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.

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 Portuguese:
  • Galician: podar
  • Portuguese: podar
• Old Spanish:
  • Spanish: podar
• Sardinian: pudai, pudare

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
    

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Pangasinan

Etymology

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

Noun

puto

1. white rice cake

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Portuguese

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /ˈpu.tu/
• Hyphenation: pu‧to

Adjective

puto m (feminine singular puta, masculine plural putos, feminine plural putas, comparable)

1. (informal, slang, Brazil) furious, angry, annoyed, irritated

   Eu estou puto com ela.

   I'm very angry with her.

Inflection

Inflection of puto

	singular		plural
	masculine	feminine	masculine	feminine
positive	puto	puta	putos	putas
comparative	mais puto	mais puta	mais putos	mais putas
superlative	o mais puto putíssimo	a mais puta putíssima	os mais putos putíssimos	as mais putas putíssimas
augmentative	putão	putona	putões	putonas
diminutive	putinho	putinha	putinhos	putinhas

Noun

puto m (plural putos)

1. (colloquial, derogatory, Portugal) small kid

   Havia lá um puto a fazer o que não devia.

   There was a kid doing things he shouldn't.

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

   Synonym: quengo

   Aquele cara ali é um puto.

   That dude over there isn't worth anything.

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

   Eu estou sem nenhum puto.

   I don’t have any money.

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Serbo-Croatian

Etymology

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

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Spanish

Etymology

From puta.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈpu.to/

Adjective

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

1. (vulgar) fucking, goddamn

Derived terms

• pasarlas putas

 

Noun

puto m (plural putos)

1. (vulgar) man-whore

   Synonym: prostituto

2. (vulgar, derogatory) faggot

   Synonym: maricón

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

   Synonyms: culero, pendejo

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Tagalog

Etymology

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

Noun

puto

1. white rice cake

Derived terms

• putuhan

Related terms

• kakanin

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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