puterío
Spanish
Etymology
From puta (“whore”). Compare Portuguese putaria.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /puteˈɾio/ [pu.t̪eˈɾi.o]
- Rhymes: -io
- Syllabification: pu‧te‧rí‧o
Noun
puterío m (plural puteríos)
- (vulgar) whoring
- (vulgar) group of prostitutes
- (vulgar, El Salvador) brothel, whorehouse
- Synonyms: prostíbulo, puticlub, burdel, casa de putas, lupanar, mancebía
- (colloquial, vulgar) licentiousness, debauchery, meat market (debauchery in sensual pleasures; scandalous activities involving sex, alcohol, or drugs without inhibition)
- (colloquial, vulgar) all hell, chaos, mess
- (colloquial, vulgar) fuckery
See also
- putiferio
Further reading
- “puterío”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014