mina

Borrowed from Lunfardo, probably a contraction of Galician meniña (“girl”) or a contraction of Italian femmina (“woman”).

(Argentina, Venezuela, Bolivia, slang) prostitute


zorra

First attested in the 15th century. Of unclear origin: perhaps from an unknown pre-Roman language, or perhaps from Basque azari/azeri (“fox”) (a third suggestion, which holds that the term derives from onomatopoeia, is considered "far from convincing" and "unprovable").


puta

Inherited from Old Spanish puta, from a Vulgar Latin *pūtta, of uncertain origin, perhaps derived from Latin *puta, female form of Latin putus (“teeny boy”), a hapax legomenon of dubious reading. This etymology is supported by both María Moliner and Joan Coromines. Cognate with French pute, Catalan puta, Portuguese puta, Galician puta, Asturian puta, as well as Old Italian putta (“girl”).

(derogatory, vulgar) whore, slut, prostitute


chongo

es-noun

chongo m (plural chongos, feminine chonga, feminine plural chongas)

chongos (plural)
chonga (feminine)
chongas (feminine plural)

Of disputed origin. Possibly borrowed from Classical Nahuatl.

friend with benefits
friend with benefits


chivo

chivo m (plural chivos, feminine chiva, feminine plural chivas)

chivos (plural)
chiva (feminine)
chivas (feminine plural)

Compare with Portuguese chibo, French chèvre. Doublet of cabro.

(Nicaragua) a male who lives with a prostitute and benefits from her earnings, a pimp


putiferio

Borrowed from Italian putiferio, with meaning influenced by puta


burdel

Borrowed from Catalan bordell or Occitan bordel.


prostituto

prostituto m (plural prostitutos, feminine prostituta, feminine plural prostitutas)

prostitutos (plural)
prostituta (feminine)
prostitutas (feminine plural)

Odio ser el que te lo diga pero no tienes un nuevo chico, sino un prostituto muy simpático.

I hate being the one who breaks it to you that you don't have a new boytoy, but a really likable prostitute.


prostíbulo

Borrowed from Latin prōstibulum (“prostitute, whore”) (in Late Latin, “brothel, whorehouse”).


puterío

From puta (“whore”) + -erío. Compare Portuguese putaria.


meretriz

Pero, sin pensarlo, daba una intención lúbrica y cínica a su mirada, como una meretriz de calleja, que anuncia su triste comercio con los ojos, sin que la policía pueda reivindicar los derechos de la moral pública.

1885, Leopoldo Alas, chapter 1, in La Regenta, volume 1, published 2006, →ISBN:


prostituir

es-verb

prostituir (first-person singular present prostituyo, first-person singular preterite prostituí, past participle prostituido)

prostituyo (first-person present singular)
prostituí (first-person preterite singular)
prostituido (participle past)
prostituir (infinitive)
prostituyendo (gerund)
prostituido (masculine participle past singular)
prostituida (feminine participle past singular)
prostituidos (masculine participle past plural)
prostituidas (feminine participle past plural)
prostituyo (first-person indicative present singular)
prostituyes (indicative informal present second-person singular)
prostituís (indicative informal present second-person singular vos-form)
prostituye (indicative present singular third-person)
prostituimos (first-person indicative plural present)
prostituís (indicative plural present second-person)
prostituyen (indicative plural present third-person)
prostituía (first-person imperfect indicative singular)
prostituías (imperfect indicative second-person singular)
prostituía (imperfect indicative singular third-person)
prostituíamos (first-person imperfect indicative plural)
prostituíais (imperfect indicative plural second-person)
prostituían (imperfect indicative plural third-person)
prostituí (first-person indicative preterite singular)
prostituiste (indicative preterite second-person singular)
prostituyó (indicative preterite singular third-person)
prostituimos (first-person indicative plural preterite)
prostituisteis (indicative plural preterite second-person)
prostituyeron (indicative plural preterite third-person)
prostituiré (first-person future indicative singular)
prostituirás (future indicative second-person singular)
prostituirá (future indicative singular third-person)
prostituiremos (first-person future indicative plural)
prostituiréis (future indicative plural second-person)
prostituirán (future indicative plural third-person)
prostituiría (conditional first-person indicative singular)
prostituirías (conditional indicative second-person singular)
prostituiría (conditional indicative singular third-person)
prostituiríamos (conditional first-person indicative plural)
prostituiríais (conditional indicative plural second-person)
prostituirían (conditional indicative plural third-person)
prostituya (first-person present singular subjunctive)
prostituyas (informal present second-person singular subjunctive)
prostituyás (informal present second-person singular subjunctive vos-form)
prostituya (present singular subjunctive third-person)
prostituyamos (first-person plural present subjunctive)
prostituyáis (plural present second-person subjunctive)
prostituyan (plural present subjunctive third-person)
prostituyera (first-person imperfect singular subjunctive)
prostituyeras (imperfect second-person singular subjunctive)
prostituyera (imperfect singular subjunctive third-person)
prostituyéramos (first-person imperfect plural subjunctive)
prostituyerais (imperfect plural second-person subjunctive)
prostituyeran (imperfect plural subjunctive third-person)
prostituyese (first-person imperfect imperfect-se singular subjunctive)
prostituyeses (imperfect imperfect-se second-person singular subjunctive)
prostituyese (imperfect imperfect-se singular subjunctive third-person)
prostituyésemos (first-person imperfect imperfect-se plural subjunctive)
prostituyeseis (imperfect imperfect-se plural second-person subjunctive)
prostituyesen (imperfect imperfect-se plural subjunctive third-person)
prostituyere (first-person future singular subjunctive)
prostituyeres (future second-person singular subjunctive)
prostituyere (future singular subjunctive third-person)
prostituyéremos (first-person future plural subjunctive)
prostituyereis (future plural second-person subjunctive)
prostituyeren (future plural subjunctive third-person)
prostituye (imperative informal second-person singular)
prostituí (imperative informal second-person singular vos-form)
prostituya (formal imperative second-person-semantically singular third-person)
prostituya (imperative singular third-person)
prostituyamos (first-person imperative plural)
prostituid (imperative plural second-person)
prostituyan (formal imperative plural second-person-semantically third-person)
prostituyan (imperative plural third-person)
prostituyas (imperative negative second-person singular)
prostituya (formal imperative negative second-person-semantically singular third-person)
prostituya (imperative negative singular third-person)
prostituyamos (first-person imperative negative plural)
prostituyáis (imperative negative plural second-person)
prostituyan (formal imperative negative plural second-person-semantically third-person)
prostituyan (imperative negative plural third-person)
prostituirme (combined-form dative infinitive object-first-person object-singular)
prostituirte (combined-form dative infinitive object-second-person object-singular)
prostituirle (combined-form dative infinitive object-singular object-third-person)
prostituirse (combined-form dative infinitive object-singular object-third-person)
prostituirnos (combined-form dative infinitive object-first-person object-plural)
prostituiros (combined-form dative infinitive object-plural object-second-person)
prostituirles (combined-form dative infinitive object-plural object-third-person)
prostituirse (combined-form dative infinitive object-plural object-third-person)
prostituirme (accusative combined-form infinitive object-first-person object-singular)
prostituirte (accusative combined-form infinitive object-second-person object-singular)
prostituirlo (accusative combined-form infinitive object-singular object-third-person)
prostituirla (accusative combined-form infinitive object-singular object-third-person)
prostituirse (accusative combined-form infinitive object-singular object-third-person)
prostituirnos (accusative combined-form infinitive object-first-person object-plural)
prostituiros (accusative combined-form infinitive object-plural object-second-person)
prostituirlos (accusative combined-form infinitive object-plural object-third-person)
prostituirlas (accusative combined-form infinitive object-plural object-third-person)
prostituirse (accusative combined-form infinitive object-plural object-third-person)
prostituyéndome (combined-form dative gerund object-first-person object-singular)
prostituyéndote (combined-form dative gerund object-second-person object-singular)
prostituyéndole (combined-form dative gerund object-singular object-third-person)
prostituyéndose (combined-form dative gerund object-singular object-third-person)
prostituyéndonos (combined-form dative gerund object-first-person object-plural)
prostituyéndoos (combined-form dative gerund object-plural object-second-person)
prostituyéndoles (combined-form dative gerund object-plural object-third-person)
prostituyéndose (combined-form dative gerund object-plural object-third-person)
prostituyéndome (accusative combined-form gerund object-first-person object-singular)
prostituyéndote (accusative combined-form gerund object-second-person object-singular)
prostituyéndolo (accusative combined-form gerund object-singular object-third-person)
prostituyéndola (accusative combined-form gerund object-singular object-third-person)
prostituyéndose (accusative combined-form gerund object-singular object-third-person)
prostituyéndonos (accusative combined-form gerund object-first-person object-plural)
prostituyéndoos (accusative combined-form gerund object-plural object-second-person)
prostituyéndolos (accusative combined-form gerund object-plural object-third-person)
prostituyéndolas (accusative combined-form gerund object-plural object-third-person)
prostituyéndose (accusative combined-form gerund object-plural object-third-person)
prostitúyeme (combined-form dative imperative informal object-first-person object-singular second-person singular with-tú)
prostitúyete (combined-form dative imperative informal object-second-person object-singular second-person singular with-tú)
prostitúyele (combined-form dative imperative informal object-singular object-third-person second-person singular with-tú)
prostitúyenos (combined-form dative imperative informal object-first-person object-plural second-person singular with-tú)
prostitúyeles (combined-form dative imperative informal object-plural object-third-person second-person singular with-tú)
prostitúyeme (accusative combined-form imperative informal object-first-person object-singular second-person singular with-tú)
prostitúyete (accusative combined-form imperative informal object-second-person object-singular second-person singular with-tú)
prostitúyelo (accusative combined-form imperative informal object-singular object-third-person second-person singular with-tú)
prostitúyela (accusative combined-form imperative informal object-singular object-third-person second-person singular with-tú)
prostitúyenos (accusative combined-form imperative informal object-first-person object-plural second-person singular with-tú)
prostitúyelos (accusative combined-form imperative informal object-plural object-third-person second-person singular with-tú)
prostitúyelas (accusative combined-form imperative informal object-plural object-third-person second-person singular with-tú)
prostituime (combined-form dative imperative informal object-first-person object-singular second-person singular with-vos)
prostituite (combined-form dative imperative informal object-second-person object-singular second-person singular with-vos)
prostituile (combined-form dative imperative informal object-singular object-third-person second-person singular with-vos)
prostituinos (combined-form dative imperative informal object-first-person object-plural second-person singular with-vos)
prostituiles (combined-form dative imperative informal object-plural object-third-person second-person singular with-vos)
prostituime (accusative combined-form imperative informal object-first-person object-singular second-person singular with-vos)
prostituite (accusative combined-form imperative informal object-second-person object-singular second-person singular with-vos)
prostituilo (accusative combined-form imperative informal object-singular object-third-person second-person singular with-vos)
prostituila (accusative combined-form imperative informal object-singular object-third-person second-person singular with-vos)
prostituinos (accusative combined-form imperative informal object-first-person object-plural second-person singular with-vos)
prostituilos (accusative combined-form imperative informal object-plural object-third-person second-person singular with-vos)
prostituilas (accusative combined-form imperative informal object-plural object-third-person second-person singular with-vos)
prostitúyame (combined-form dative formal imperative object-first-person object-singular second-person singular)
prostitúyale (combined-form dative formal imperative object-singular object-third-person second-person singular)
prostitúyase (combined-form dative formal imperative object-singular object-third-person second-person singular)
prostitúyanos (combined-form dative formal imperative object-first-person object-plural second-person singular)
prostitúyales (combined-form dative formal imperative object-plural object-third-person second-person singular)
prostitúyame (accusative combined-form formal imperative object-first-person object-singular second-person singular)
prostitúyalo (accusative combined-form formal imperative object-singular object-third-person second-person singular)
prostitúyala (accusative combined-form formal imperative object-singular object-third-person second-person singular)
prostitúyase (accusative combined-form formal imperative object-singular object-third-person second-person singular)
prostitúyanos (accusative combined-form formal imperative object-first-person object-plural second-person singular)
prostitúyalos (accusative combined-form formal imperative object-plural object-third-person second-person singular)
prostitúyalas (accusative combined-form formal imperative object-plural object-third-person second-person singular)
prostituyámoste (combined-form dative first-person imperative object-second-person object-singular plural)
prostituyámosle (combined-form dative first-person imperative object-singular object-third-person plural)
prostituyámonos (combined-form dative first-person imperative object-first-person object-plural plural)
prostituyámoos (combined-form dative first-person imperative object-plural object-second-person plural)
prostituyámosles (combined-form dative first-person imperative object-plural object-third-person plural)
prostituyámoste (accusative combined-form first-person imperative object-second-person object-singular plural)
prostituyámoslo (accusative combined-form first-person imperative object-singular object-third-person plural)
prostituyámosla (accusative combined-form first-person imperative object-singular object-third-person plural)
prostituyámonos (accusative combined-form first-person imperative object-first-person object-plural plural)
prostituyámoos (accusative combined-form first-person imperative object-plural object-second-person plural)
prostituyámoslos (accusative combined-form first-person imperative object-plural object-third-person plural)
prostituyámoslas (accusative combined-form first-person imperative object-plural object-third-person plural)
prostituidme (combined-form dative imperative informal object-first-person object-singular plural second-person)
prostituidle (combined-form dative imperative informal object-singular object-third-person plural second-person)
prostituidnos (combined-form dative imperative informal object-first-person object-plural plural second-person)
prostituíos (combined-form dative imperative informal object-plural object-second-person plural second-person)
prostituidles (combined-form dative imperative informal object-plural object-third-person plural second-person)
prostituidme (accusative combined-form imperative informal object-first-person object-singular plural second-person)
prostituidlo (accusative combined-form imperative informal object-singular object-third-person plural second-person)
prostituidla (accusative combined-form imperative informal object-singular object-third-person plural second-person)
prostituidnos (accusative combined-form imperative informal object-first-person object-plural plural second-person)
prostituíos (accusative combined-form imperative informal object-plural object-second-person plural second-person)
prostituidlos (accusative combined-form imperative informal object-plural object-third-person plural second-person)
prostituidlas (accusative combined-form imperative informal object-plural object-third-person plural second-person)
prostitúyanme (combined-form dative formal imperative object-first-person object-singular plural second-person)
prostitúyanle (combined-form dative formal imperative object-singular object-third-person plural second-person)
prostitúyannos (combined-form dative formal imperative object-first-person object-plural plural second-person)
prostitúyanles (combined-form dative formal imperative object-plural object-third-person plural second-person)
prostitúyanse (combined-form dative formal imperative object-plural object-third-person plural second-person)
prostitúyanme (accusative combined-form formal imperative object-first-person object-singular plural second-person)
prostitúyanlo (accusative combined-form formal imperative object-singular object-third-person plural second-person)
prostitúyanla (accusative combined-form formal imperative object-singular object-third-person plural second-person)
prostitúyannos (accusative combined-form formal imperative object-first-person object-plural plural second-person)
prostitúyanlos (accusative combined-form formal imperative object-plural object-third-person plural second-person)
prostitúyanlas (accusative combined-form formal imperative object-plural object-third-person plural second-person)
prostitúyanse (accusative combined-form formal imperative object-plural object-third-person plural second-person)
prostituirse (infinitive)
prostituyéndose (gerund)
prostituido (masculine participle past singular)
prostituida (feminine participle past singular)
prostituidos (masculine participle past plural)
prostituidas (feminine participle past plural)
prostituirme (first-person infinitive singular)
prostituirte (infinitive second-person singular)
prostituirse (infinitive singular third-person)
prostituirnos (first-person infinitive plural)
prostituiros (infinitive plural second-person)
prostituirse (infinitive plural third-person)
prostituyéndome (first-person gerund singular)
prostituyéndote (gerund second-person singular)
prostituyéndose (gerund singular third-person)
prostituyéndonos (first-person gerund plural)
prostituyéndoos (gerund plural second-person)
prostituyéndose (gerund plural third-person)
me prostituyo (first-person indicative present singular)
te prostituyes (indicative informal present second-person singular)
te prostituís (indicative informal present second-person singular vos-form)
se prostituye (indicative present singular third-person)
nos prostituimos (first-person indicative plural present)
os prostituís (indicative plural present second-person)
se prostituyen (indicative plural present third-person)
me prostituía (first-person imperfect indicative singular)
te prostituías (imperfect indicative second-person singular)
se prostituía (imperfect indicative singular third-person)
nos prostituíamos (first-person imperfect indicative plural)
os prostituíais (imperfect indicative plural second-person)
se prostituían (imperfect indicative plural third-person)
me prostituí (first-person indicative preterite singular)
te prostituiste (indicative preterite second-person singular)
se prostituyó (indicative preterite singular third-person)
nos prostituimos (first-person indicative plural preterite)
os prostituisteis (indicative plural preterite second-person)
se prostituyeron (indicative plural preterite third-person)
me prostituiré (first-person future indicative singular)
te prostituirás (future indicative second-person singular)
se prostituirá (future indicative singular third-person)
nos prostituiremos (first-person future indicative plural)
os prostituiréis (future indicative plural second-person)
se prostituirán (future indicative plural third-person)
me prostituiría (conditional first-person indicative singular)
te prostituirías (conditional indicative second-person singular)
se prostituiría (conditional indicative singular third-person)
nos prostituiríamos (conditional first-person indicative plural)
os prostituiríais (conditional indicative plural second-person)
se prostituirían (conditional indicative plural third-person)
me prostituya (first-person present singular subjunctive)
te prostituyas (informal present second-person singular subjunctive)
te prostituyás (informal present second-person singular subjunctive vos-form)
se prostituya (present singular subjunctive third-person)
nos prostituyamos (first-person plural present subjunctive)
os prostituyáis (plural present second-person subjunctive)
se prostituyan (plural present subjunctive third-person)
me prostituyera (first-person imperfect singular subjunctive)
te prostituyeras (imperfect second-person singular subjunctive)
se prostituyera (imperfect singular subjunctive third-person)
nos prostituyéramos (first-person imperfect plural subjunctive)
os prostituyerais (imperfect plural second-person subjunctive)
se prostituyeran (imperfect plural subjunctive third-person)
me prostituyese (first-person imperfect imperfect-se singular subjunctive)
te prostituyeses (imperfect imperfect-se second-person singular subjunctive)
se prostituyese (imperfect imperfect-se singular subjunctive third-person)
nos prostituyésemos (first-person imperfect imperfect-se plural subjunctive)
os prostituyeseis (imperfect imperfect-se plural second-person subjunctive)
se prostituyesen (imperfect imperfect-se plural subjunctive third-person)
me prostituyere (first-person future singular subjunctive)
te prostituyeres (future second-person singular subjunctive)
se prostituyere (future singular subjunctive third-person)
nos prostituyéremos (first-person future plural subjunctive)
os prostituyereis (future plural second-person subjunctive)
se prostituyeren (future plural subjunctive third-person)
prostitúyete (imperative informal second-person singular)
prostituite (imperative informal second-person singular vos-form)
prostitúyase (formal imperative second-person-semantically singular third-person)
prostitúyase (imperative singular third-person)
prostituyámonos (first-person imperative plural)
prostituíos (imperative plural second-person)
prostitúyanse (formal imperative plural second-person-semantically third-person)
prostitúyanse (imperative plural third-person)
te prostituyas (imperative negative second-person singular)
se prostituya (formal imperative negative second-person-semantically singular third-person)
se prostituya (imperative negative singular third-person)
nos prostituyamos (first-person imperative negative plural)
os prostituyáis (imperative negative plural second-person)
se prostituyan (formal imperative negative plural second-person-semantically third-person)
se prostituyan (imperative negative plural third-person)

From Latin prōstituere (“to prostitute, corrupt”).


puticlub

From puta (“whore”) + -i- + club (“club”).


mancebía

Inherited from Old Spanish mancebia, from mancebo (“young man, youth”). Analyzable as mancebo + -ía.


bar de alterne

es-noun

bar de alterne f (plural bares de alterne)


colipoterra

Cuenta Alexandra que el museo tenía habilitada una salita de proyección con sillas de las que tuvieron que prescindir porque el respetable se apalancaba toda la tarde —cerraba la puerta incluso para mayor intimidad— viendo desfilar en bucle a izas, rabizas y colipoterras de una desbordante alegría cárnica.

2017 February 20, “El rey del porno [The king of porn]”, in El Periódico (Spanish):


casa de mancebía

casa de mancebía f (plural casas de mancebía)


peperecho

peperecho m (plural peperechos, feminine peperecha, feminine plural peperechas)

peperechos (plural)
peperecha (feminine)
peperechas (feminine plural)

¿Quieres que traiga a una peperecha?

Do you want me to bring you a prostitute?

(colloquial, El Salvador, Guatemala, Honduras) prostitute


mujer pública

mujer pública f (plural mujeres públicas)


mujer mundana

mujer mundana f (plural mujeres mundanas)


pochorola

(colloquial, El Salvador) a female prostitute


pochota

From Nahuatl pochotl. Cognate with Spanish pochote.