Meanings
puta1
- uncountablevulgarchiefly US HispanicA prostitute, whore, slut, bitch, etc.
And we told you, man, we have not seen your puta sister.
2005, Eric Bogosian, Wasted Beauty, page 631 more example
Mastrosimone's (antiheroine?) Marjorie lets in a man who quickly drops the small talk, slams her to the floor, and almost smothers her with a pillow as he commands her to say "thank you," "I love you," and "I am your puta."
1988 February 12, Lawrence Bommer, “Extremeties/Talking With . . .”, in Chicago Reader
puta2
- uncountableA Bhutanese noodle dish.
At high altitudes wheat and buckwheat are the staples. In Bumthang, khule (buckwheat pancakes) and puta (buckwheat noodles) replace rice as the foundation of many meals. Dessert is most often a modest presentation of fruit -apple, banana, pineapple or orange, depending on the season.
2024, Bradley Mayhew, Lindsay Fegent-Brown, Galey Tenzin, Bhutan, Lonely Planet, →ISBN
Synonyms & antonyms
Origin
puta · noun
- Latinputus
- Latin*putader.?
- Vulgar Latin*pūtta
- Old Spanishputa
- Spanishputa
- Englishputa
Borrowed from Spanish puta.
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Full word history & related roots →puta · noun
- dzཔུ་ཏ
- dzཔུ་ཏ
- Englishputa
Borrowed from Dzongkha པུ་ཏ (pu ta).
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Cite this entry
puta. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/puta
“puta.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/puta. Accessed November 2, 2026.
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