puto
Portuguese, pronoun/ˈpu.tu/
puto is spelled P-U-T-O (4 letters) and appears 9.1 times per million words in written Portuguese, the 7,879th most frequent Portuguese word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Puto is a Portuguese pronoun meaning “(indefinite) nothing (not any thing; no thing)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026).
What does puto mean in English?
adjective
- 1
Brazilcolloquialinformalvulgarfurious, angry, annoyed, irritated
Eu estou puto com ela.
noun
- 1
Portugalinformalmasculinerarekid
Estava lá um puto a fazer o que não devia.
- 2
Portugalcolloquialmasculinerareson
O meu puto está sempre a fazer asneiras.
- 3
Brazilmasculinevulgara jerk; an unlikable, obnoxious person
Aquele cara ali é um puto.
- 4
Brazilmasculinevulgara libertine man
- 5
Brazilmasculinevulgara male prostitute; a manwhore
- 6
Portugalmasculinerarevulgaran intensifier used in a similar way as fucking
- 7
masculinevulgara fag; a gay, homosexual
- 8
Brazilmasculinevulgara small quantity of money
Eu estou sem nenhum puto.
pronoun
- 1
Portugalcolloquial(indefinite) nothing (not any thing; no thing)
Não entendi puto.
Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Portuguese dictionaries define it
adjective: 1. corrompido; devasso; dissoluto 2. bastante irritado 3. homossexual (significado antigo, não mais utilizado, salvo no interior do Rio Grande do Sul) 4. pederasta
noun: 1. garoto, guri, menino, rapaz 2. jovem espertalhão; catraio; garoto; miúdo 3. filho (referido pelos ou aos pais)
noun: 1. indivíduo devasso 2. prostituto masculino
noun: 1. nada, coisa nenhuma
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 puto
- puta feminine
- putos masculine plural
- putas feminine plural
- mais puto comparative
- o mais puto superlative
- putíssimo superlative
- putinho diminutive
- putão augmentative
- putaço augmentative
Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce puto?
- Brazil /ˈpu.tu/
- Portugal /ˈpu.tu/
Sources: English Wiktionary, Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to puto
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is puto in Portuguese?
puto appears 9.1 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).