puta
Portuguese, noun/ˈpu.tɐ/
puta is spelled P-U-T-A (4 letters) and appears 65 times per million words in written Portuguese, the 1,494th most frequent Portuguese word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Puta is a Portuguese feminine noun meaning “whore, hooker” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). It is also a feminine singular of puto. The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “garota, guria, menina, puela, rapariga”.
What does puta mean in English?
adjective
- 1
derogatoryvulgarslutty
adjective
- 1
Portugalfemininemasculinevulgaran intensifier used in a similar way as fucking
Não pude ir lá porque estava uma puta tempestade.
noun
- 1
derogatoryfemininevulgarwhore, hooker
- 2
derogatoryfemininevulgarslut (promiscuous woman)
- 3
derogatoryfemininevulgarbitch (a term of contempt towards women)
adjective
- 1
femininefeminine singular of puto
Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Portuguese dictionaries define it
adjective: 1. belo, ótimo 2. que tem dimensão grande, volumoso e de formato atraente 3. intenso, grande
noun: 1. garota, guria, menina, puela, rapariga 2. o mesmo que prostituta
noun: 1. língua da Índia também conhecida como karbi, manchati, karbi karbak, arleng alam, mikir, mikiri e nihang
The definition in the Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário), in Portuguese.
Source: Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário), dump of September 1, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org.
Forms of puta
- putas feminine plural
- p*ta alternative
Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce puta?
- Brazil /ˈpu.tɐ/
- Portugal /ˈpu.tɐ/
Sources: English Wiktionary, Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to puta
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is puta in Portuguese?
puta appears 65 times per million words in written Portuguese.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).