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)

(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/

Noun

púto

rice cake

Cebuano

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

Hyphenation: pu‧to

IPA^(key): /ˈputo/, [ˈpu.t̪ʊ]

Noun

púto

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

Esperanto

Etymology

From Latin puteus. Not related to putino.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): [ˈputo]
Audio:
(file)
Rhymes: -uto
Hyphenation: pu‧to

Noun

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

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) IPA^(key): /ˈpu.toː/, [ˈpʊt̪oː]

(Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ˈpu.to/, [ˈpuːt̪o]

Etymology 1

Either from putus +‎ -ō, or else from Proto-Indo-European *paw- (“to strike”), which would make it cognate with puteus. For sense development, compare dēcīdō.

Verb

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

(very rare) I clean, cleanse
I trim, prune, lop
(figurative) I arrange, settle
(figurative) 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?
(figurative) I 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.
(figurative) I ponder, consider, think about

Conjugation

Conjugation of putō (first conjugation)
indicative		singular			plural
indicative		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, putāvēre, putārunt¹
	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
subjunctive		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
imperative		first	second	third	first	second	third
active	present	—	putā	—	—	putāte	—
active	future	—	putātō	putātō	—	putātōte	putantō
passive	present	—	putāre	—	—	putāminī	—
passive	future	—	putātor	putātor	—	—	putantor
non-finite forms		active			passive
non-finite forms		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.

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

(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 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

dative/ablative masculine/neuter singular of putus

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, 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

white rice cake

Portuguese

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ˈpu.tu/

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)

(informal, slang) 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.

Noun

puto m (plural putos)

(colloquial, Portugal) small kid
Synonym: chavalo
Havia lá um puto a fazer o que não devia.
There was a kid doing things he shouldn't.
(colloquial, Portugal) son
Synonym: filho
O meu puto está sempre a fazer asneiras.
My son is always misbehaving.
(vulgar, Brazil) a jerk; an unlikable, obnoxious person
Synonym: quengo
Aquele cara ali é um puto.
That dude over there isn't worth anything.
(vulgar, Brazil) a libertine man
(vulgar, Brazil) a male prostitute; a manwhore
(vulgar, Rio Grande do Sul) a fag; a gay, homosexual
(vulgar, Brazil) a small quantity of money
Eu estou sem nenhum puto.
I don’t have any money.

Pronoun

puto

(colloquial, Portugal) (indefinite) nothing (not any thing; no thing)
Synonyms: nada, (colloquial) nicles
Não entendi puto.
I didn't understand anything.

Serbo-Croatian

Etymology

From Proto-Slavic *pǫto.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /pûto/
Hyphenation: pu‧to

Noun

pȕto n (Cyrillic spelling пу̏то)

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)

vocative singular of puta

References

“puto” in Hrvatski jezični portal

Spanish

Etymology

From puta.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ˈputo/ [ˈpu.t̪o]
Audio (Colombia) (file)
Rhymes: -uto
Syllabification: pu‧to

Adjective

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

(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, 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)

(vulgar) man-whore
Synonym: prostituto
(vulgar, derogatory) faggot
Synonym: maricón
(vulgar, derogatory) asshole, fucker, motherfucker
Synonyms: culero, pendejo

Swahili

Pronunciation

Audio (Kenya) (file)

Noun

puto (ma class, plural maputo)

balloon

Tagalog

Etymology

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

Noun

puto

white rice cake

Derived terms

putuhan

Related terms

kakanin

Waray-Waray

Etymology 1

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

Noun

puto

white rice cake

Noun

putó

youngest child; last born child

puto

English

Etymology

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Noun

Anagrams

Bikol Central

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See also

Cebuano

Etymology

Pronunciation

Noun

Esperanto

Etymology

Pronunciation

Noun

Latin

Pronunciation

Etymology 1

Verb

Conjugation

Synonyms

Antonyms

Derived terms

Descendants

Etymology 2

Adjective

References

Pangasinan

Etymology

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Noun

Portuguese

Etymology

Pronunciation

Adjective

Noun

Pronoun

Serbo-Croatian

Etymology

Pronunciation

Noun

Declension

Noun

References

Spanish

Etymology

Pronunciation

Adjective

Derived terms

Noun

Further reading

Swahili

Pronunciation

Noun

Tagalog

Etymology

Noun

Derived terms

Related terms

Waray-Waray

Etymology 1

Noun

Noun