"puto" meaning in Español

See puto in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Adjective

IPA: [ˈpu.t̪o] [Colombia] Audio: LL-Q1321 (spa)-AdrianAbdulBaha-puto.wav [Colombia] Forms: putos [plural], puta [feminine], putas [feminine, plural]
Rhymes: u.to Etymology: De puta y el sufijo flexivo -o para el masculino.
  1. Promiscuo. Tags: colloquial, vulgar
    Sense id: es-puto-es-adj-S~vPF~XP Categories (other): ES:Términos coloquiales, ES:Términos malsonantes
  2. Que merece desprecio o denigración por ser causa de agravio, contrariedad o escasez. Tags: colloquial, derogatory, vulgar
    Sense id: es-puto-es-adj--3clXhOd Categories (other): ES:Términos coloquiales, ES:Términos despectivos, ES:Términos malsonantes
  3. Que tiene cualidades o valor extraordinarios. Tags: colloquial, vulgar
    Sense id: es-puto-es-adj-hRni1Hz0 Categories (other): ES:Términos coloquiales, ES:Términos malsonantes
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms (Que merece desprecio o denigración por ser causa de agravio, contrariedad o escasez.): terrible, despreciable, miserable Synonyms (Que tiene cualidades o valor extraordinarios.): gran

Noun

IPA: [ˈpu.t̪o] [Colombia] Audio: LL-Q1321 (spa)-AdrianAbdulBaha-puto.wav [Colombia] Forms: putos [plural]
Rhymes: u.to Etymology: De puta y el sufijo flexivo -o para el masculino.
  1. Hombre que ofrece servicios o favores sexuales a cambio de dinero. Tags: derogatory, vulgar
    Sense id: es-puto-es-noun-8I59OunW Categories (other): ES:Términos despectivos, ES:Términos malsonantes
  2. Hombre que siente atracción sexual por otros hombres. Tags: adjective, derogatory, vulgar
    Sense id: es-puto-es-noun-wq37dzk0 Categories (other): ES:LGBT, ES:Términos despectivos, ES:Términos malsonantes Topics: LGBT
  3. Hombre que le teme a algo. Tags: Argentina, Mexico, Uruguay, vulgar
    Sense id: es-puto-es-noun-4a7EIEP4 Categories (other): ES:Argentina, ES:México, ES:Términos malsonantes, ES:Uruguay
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Related terms (Hombre que le teme a algo.): asustadizo, cobarde, temeroso

Inflected forms

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  "categories": [
    {
      "kind": "other",
      "name": "ES:Palabras bisílabas",
      "parents": [],
      "source": "w"
    },
    {
      "kind": "other",
      "name": "ES:Palabras llanas",
      "parents": [],
      "source": "w"
    },
    {
      "kind": "other",
      "name": "ES:Rimas:u.to",
      "parents": [],
      "source": "w"
    },
    {
      "kind": "other",
      "name": "ES:Sustantivos",
      "parents": [],
      "source": "w"
    },
    {
      "kind": "other",
      "name": "ES:Sustantivos masculinos",
      "parents": [],
      "source": "w"
    },
    {
      "kind": "other",
      "name": "Español",
      "parents": [],
      "source": "w"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "De puta y el sufijo flexivo -o para el masculino.",
  "extra_sounds": {
    "acentuación": "llana",
    "longitud silábica": "bisílaba"
  },
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "putos",
      "tags": [
        "plural"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "hyphenation": "pu-to",
  "idioms": [
    {
      "word": "a puto el postre"
    },
    {
      "word": "pasarlas putas"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Español",
  "lang_code": "es",
  "pos": "noun",
  "pos_title": "Sustantivo masculino",
  "related": [
    {
      "sense": "Hombre que le teme a algo.",
      "sense_index": "3",
      "word": "asustadizo"
    },
    {
      "sense": "Hombre que le teme a algo.",
      "sense_index": "3",
      "word": "cobarde"
    },
    {
      "sense": "Hombre que le teme a algo.",
      "sense_index": "3",
      "word": "temeroso"
    }
  ],
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "ES:Términos despectivos",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "ES:Términos malsonantes",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        }
      ],
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        "Hombre que ofrece servicios o favores sexuales a cambio de dinero."
      ],
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      "sense_index": "1",
      "tags": [
        "derogatory",
        "vulgar"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "ES:LGBT",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "ES:Términos despectivos",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "ES:Términos malsonantes",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "Hombre que siente atracción sexual por otros hombres."
      ],
      "id": "es-puto-es-noun-wq37dzk0",
      "sense_index": "2",
      "tags": [
        "adjective",
        "derogatory",
        "vulgar"
      ],
      "topics": [
        "LGBT"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "ES:Argentina",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "ES:México",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "ES:Términos malsonantes",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "ES:Uruguay",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        }
      ],
      "examples": [
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              7,
              11
            ],
            [
              53,
              57
            ]
          ],
          "text": "Sos un puto, no te animas a cruzar la verja, o a que puto eres por no decir nada."
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "Hombre que le teme a algo."
      ],
      "id": "es-puto-es-noun-4a7EIEP4",
      "sense_index": "3",
      "tags": [
        "Argentina",
        "Mexico",
        "Uruguay",
        "vulgar"
      ]
    }
  ],
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        "Colombia"
      ],
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    },
    {
      "homophone": "putto"
    },
    {
      "rhymes": "u.to"
    }
  ],
  "tags": [
    "masculine"
  ],
  "word": "puto"
}

{
  "categories": [
    {
      "kind": "other",
      "name": "ES:Adjetivos",
      "parents": [],
      "source": "w"
    },
    {
      "kind": "other",
      "name": "ES:Palabras bisílabas",
      "parents": [],
      "source": "w"
    },
    {
      "kind": "other",
      "name": "ES:Palabras llanas",
      "parents": [],
      "source": "w"
    },
    {
      "kind": "other",
      "name": "ES:Rimas:u.to",
      "parents": [],
      "source": "w"
    },
    {
      "kind": "other",
      "name": "Español",
      "parents": [],
      "source": "w"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "De puta y el sufijo flexivo -o para el masculino.",
  "extra_sounds": {
    "acentuación": "llana",
    "longitud silábica": "bisílaba"
  },
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    {
      "form": "putos",
      "tags": [
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "puta",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "putas",
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "plural"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "hyphenation": "pu-to",
  "idioms": [
    {
      "word": "a puto el postre"
    },
    {
      "word": "pasarlas putas"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Español",
  "lang_code": "es",
  "pos": "adj",
  "pos_title": "Adjetivo",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "ES:Términos coloquiales",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "ES:Términos malsonantes",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "Promiscuo."
      ],
      "id": "es-puto-es-adj-S~vPF~XP",
      "sense_index": "4",
      "tags": [
        "colloquial",
        "vulgar"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "ES:Términos coloquiales",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "ES:Términos despectivos",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "ES:Términos malsonantes",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        }
      ],
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              11,
              15
            ]
          ],
          "ref": "Javier Calvo. Mundo maravilloso. Página 128. 2013.",
          "text": "Esto es la puta cárcel, no un hotel de cinco estrellas."
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "Que merece desprecio o denigración por ser causa de agravio, contrariedad o escasez."
      ],
      "id": "es-puto-es-adj--3clXhOd",
      "sense_index": "5",
      "tags": [
        "colloquial",
        "derogatory",
        "vulgar"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "ES:Términos coloquiales",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "ES:Términos malsonantes",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        }
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "bold_text_offsets": [
            [
              126,
              130
            ],
            [
              159,
              163
            ]
          ],
          "ref": "Miguel Briante. Kincón. Página 97. Editorial: Suramericana. 2005.",
          "text": "con qué sentido oculto se esquiva el cuchillo de un hombre oculto detrás de una puerta; qué clase de luz te lo alumbraba, qué puta suerte tendría –pedrón– qué puta suerte tuviste siempre para salvarte."
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "Que tiene cualidades o valor extraordinarios."
      ],
      "id": "es-puto-es-adj-hRni1Hz0",
      "sense_index": "6",
      "tags": [
        "colloquial",
        "vulgar"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
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      "ipa": "[ˈpu.t̪o]",
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    },
    {
      "homophone": "putto"
    },
    {
      "rhymes": "u.to"
    }
  ],
  "synonyms": [
    {
      "sense": "Que merece desprecio o denigración por ser causa de agravio, contrariedad o escasez.",
      "sense_index": "5",
      "word": "terrible"
    },
    {
      "sense": "Que merece desprecio o denigración por ser causa de agravio, contrariedad o escasez.",
      "sense_index": "5",
      "word": "despreciable"
    },
    {
      "sense": "Que merece desprecio o denigración por ser causa de agravio, contrariedad o escasez.",
      "sense_index": "5",
      "word": "miserable"
    },
    {
      "sense": "Que tiene cualidades o valor extraordinarios.",
      "sense_index": "6",
      "word": "gran"
    }
  ],
  "word": "puto"
}
{
  "categories": [
    "ES:Palabras bisílabas",
    "ES:Palabras llanas",
    "ES:Rimas:u.to",
    "ES:Sustantivos",
    "ES:Sustantivos masculinos",
    "Español"
  ],
  "etymology_text": "De puta y el sufijo flexivo -o para el masculino.",
  "extra_sounds": {
    "acentuación": "llana",
    "longitud silábica": "bisílaba"
  },
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "putos",
      "tags": [
        "plural"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "hyphenation": "pu-to",
  "idioms": [
    {
      "word": "a puto el postre"
    },
    {
      "word": "pasarlas putas"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Español",
  "lang_code": "es",
  "pos": "noun",
  "pos_title": "Sustantivo masculino",
  "related": [
    {
      "sense": "Hombre que le teme a algo.",
      "sense_index": "3",
      "word": "asustadizo"
    },
    {
      "sense": "Hombre que le teme a algo.",
      "sense_index": "3",
      "word": "cobarde"
    },
    {
      "sense": "Hombre que le teme a algo.",
      "sense_index": "3",
      "word": "temeroso"
    }
  ],
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        "ES:Términos despectivos",
        "ES:Términos malsonantes"
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "Hombre que ofrece servicios o favores sexuales a cambio de dinero."
      ],
      "sense_index": "1",
      "tags": [
        "derogatory",
        "vulgar"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        "ES:LGBT",
        "ES:Términos despectivos",
        "ES:Términos malsonantes"
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "Hombre que siente atracción sexual por otros hombres."
      ],
      "sense_index": "2",
      "tags": [
        "adjective",
        "derogatory",
        "vulgar"
      ],
      "topics": [
        "LGBT"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        "ES:Argentina",
        "ES:México",
        "ES:Términos malsonantes",
        "ES:Uruguay"
      ],
      "examples": [
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              7,
              11
            ],
            [
              53,
              57
            ]
          ],
          "text": "Sos un puto, no te animas a cruzar la verja, o a que puto eres por no decir nada."
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "Hombre que le teme a algo."
      ],
      "sense_index": "3",
      "tags": [
        "Argentina",
        "Mexico",
        "Uruguay",
        "vulgar"
      ]
    }
  ],
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      "ipa": "[ˈpu.t̪o]",
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    },
    {
      "homophone": "putto"
    },
    {
      "rhymes": "u.to"
    }
  ],
  "tags": [
    "masculine"
  ],
  "word": "puto"
}

{
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    "ES:Adjetivos",
    "ES:Palabras bisílabas",
    "ES:Palabras llanas",
    "ES:Rimas:u.to",
    "Español"
  ],
  "etymology_text": "De puta y el sufijo flexivo -o para el masculino.",
  "extra_sounds": {
    "acentuación": "llana",
    "longitud silábica": "bisílaba"
  },
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "putos",
      "tags": [
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "puta",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "putas",
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "plural"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "hyphenation": "pu-to",
  "idioms": [
    {
      "word": "a puto el postre"
    },
    {
      "word": "pasarlas putas"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Español",
  "lang_code": "es",
  "pos": "adj",
  "pos_title": "Adjetivo",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        "ES:Términos coloquiales",
        "ES:Términos malsonantes"
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "Promiscuo."
      ],
      "sense_index": "4",
      "tags": [
        "colloquial",
        "vulgar"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        "ES:Términos coloquiales",
        "ES:Términos despectivos",
        "ES:Términos malsonantes"
      ],
      "examples": [
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              11,
              15
            ]
          ],
          "ref": "Javier Calvo. Mundo maravilloso. Página 128. 2013.",
          "text": "Esto es la puta cárcel, no un hotel de cinco estrellas."
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "Que merece desprecio o denigración por ser causa de agravio, contrariedad o escasez."
      ],
      "sense_index": "5",
      "tags": [
        "colloquial",
        "derogatory",
        "vulgar"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        "ES:Términos coloquiales",
        "ES:Términos malsonantes"
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "bold_text_offsets": [
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              126,
              130
            ],
            [
              159,
              163
            ]
          ],
          "ref": "Miguel Briante. Kincón. Página 97. Editorial: Suramericana. 2005.",
          "text": "con qué sentido oculto se esquiva el cuchillo de un hombre oculto detrás de una puerta; qué clase de luz te lo alumbraba, qué puta suerte tendría –pedrón– qué puta suerte tuviste siempre para salvarte."
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "Que tiene cualidades o valor extraordinarios."
      ],
      "sense_index": "6",
      "tags": [
        "colloquial",
        "vulgar"
      ]
    }
  ],
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        "Colombia"
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    },
    {
      "homophone": "putto"
    },
    {
      "rhymes": "u.to"
    }
  ],
  "synonyms": [
    {
      "sense": "Que merece desprecio o denigración por ser causa de agravio, contrariedad o escasez.",
      "sense_index": "5",
      "word": "terrible"
    },
    {
      "sense": "Que merece desprecio o denigración por ser causa de agravio, contrariedad o escasez.",
      "sense_index": "5",
      "word": "despreciable"
    },
    {
      "sense": "Que merece desprecio o denigración por ser causa de agravio, contrariedad o escasez.",
      "sense_index": "5",
      "word": "miserable"
    },
    {
      "sense": "Que tiene cualidades o valor extraordinarios.",
      "sense_index": "6",
      "word": "gran"
    }
  ],
  "word": "puto"
}

Download raw JSONL data for puto meaning in Español (5.0kB)

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  "title": "puto",
  "trace": ""
}

{
  "called_from": "parser/304",
  "msg": "HTML tag <span> not properly closed",
  "path": [
    "puto"
  ],
  "section": "Español",
  "subsection": "Adjetivo",
  "title": "puto",
  "trace": "started on line 2, detected on line 2"
}

{
  "called_from": "parser/1336",
  "msg": "no corresponding start tag found for </span>",
  "path": [
    "puto"
  ],
  "section": "Español",
  "subsection": "Adjetivo",
  "title": "puto",
  "trace": ""
}

This page is a part of the kaikki.org machine-readable Español dictionary. This dictionary is based on structured data extracted on 2025-06-04 from the eswiktionary dump dated 2025-06-01 using wiktextract (5ee713e and f1c2b61). The data shown on this site has been post-processed and various details (e.g., extra categories) removed, some information disambiguated, and additional data merged from other sources. See the raw data download page for the unprocessed wiktextract data.

If you use this data in academic research, please cite Tatu Ylonen: Wiktextract: Wiktionary as Machine-Readable Structured Data, Proceedings of the 13th Conference on Language Resources and Evaluation (LREC), pp. 1317-1325, Marseille, 20-25 June 2022. Linking to the relevant page(s) under https://kaikki.org would also be greatly appreciated.