puto

See also: Puto and путо

English

Puto wrapped in banana leaves

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.

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

Catalan

Etymology

From puta.

Noun

puto m (plural putos)

1. (vulgar) man-whore
2. (vulgar, derogatory) fucker, faggot

Interjection

puto

1. (vulgar) fucking, goddamn, damn

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): [ˈpʊ.toː]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): [ˈpuː.t̪o]

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; see paviō (“to beat, strike”) for more cognates, and note also Proto-Slavic *pȳtàti (“to ask, examine”). 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, putārunt, putāvēre1
	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		infinitive						participle
		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

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

Further reading

• “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/

• Audio (Brazil):

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• Rhymes: -utu
• Hyphenation: pu‧to

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
• puto da vida

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. (Portugal and in some cities in Brazil, vulgar, rare) an intensifier used in a similar way as fucking
7. (vulgar, Rio Grande do Sul) a fag; a gay, homosexual
8. (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), 2006–2025

Slovak

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *pǫ̀to.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈputɔ]

Noun

puto n

1. bond (emotional)

Declension

Declension of puto
(pattern mesto)

	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, 2003–2025

Spanish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈputo/ [ˈpu.t̪o]

• Audio (Colombia):

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• Rhymes: -uto
• Syllabification: pu‧to

Etymology 1

From puta.

Adjective

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

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

Etymology 2

From Latin pūtus. Compare Portuguese puto, Italian putto.

Noun

puto m (plural putos)

1. (archaic) kid

Etymology 3

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

Noun

puto m (plural putos)

1. (Philippines) puto (steamed rice cake)

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

Usage notes

• Usage in Tagalog/Filipino or in the Philippines in general is neither offensive nor vulgar, unlike when read in Spanish which it should not be mistaken with Spanish puto.

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