"joto" meaning in Spanish

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Noun

IPA: /ˈxoto/, [ˈxo.t̪o] Forms: jotos [plural]
Rhymes: -oto Etymology: Unknown, maybe from choto; also proposed from jota, Spanish name of letter j, because of mocking, festive aspect of the joker card figure applied to some gay males. Another version is that gay and queer men were held in the J bay of the Lecumberri prison in Mexico City (J is pronounced "jota" in Spanish). Etymology templates: {{unk|es}} Unknown Head templates: {{es-noun|m}} joto m (plural jotos)
  1. (vulgar, derogatory, Mexico, Honduras) gay (male homosexual) Tags: Honduras, Mexico, derogatory, masculine, vulgar Categories (topical): Card games
    Sense id: en-joto-es-noun-xNB3Ve5O Disambiguation of Card games: 44 28 28 Categories (other): Honduran Spanish, Mexican Spanish, Pages with 3 entries, Pages with entries, Spanish entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of Pages with 3 entries: 65 18 18 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 67 16 16 Disambiguation of Spanish entries with incorrect language header: 67 17 17
  2. (card games) joker Tags: masculine Categories (topical): Card games Synonyms: comodín
    Sense id: en-joto-es-noun-X8a2pRgD Topics: card-games, games
  3. (card games, by extension) jack Tags: broadly, masculine Categories (topical): Card games
    Sense id: en-joto-es-noun-MWERWefm Topics: card-games, games
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: jotear, jotería, jotito, jotuel

Inflected forms

Alternative forms

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      "ipa": "[ˈxo.t̪o]"
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        "(card games) joker"
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          "word": "comodín"
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