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Glossary entry

Spanish term or phrase:

puto

English translation:

faggot

Added to glossary by David Russi
Dec 11, 2003 23:28
22 yrs ago
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Spanish term

puto

Non-PRO Spanish to English Other
someone called me a puto on the street the other day. Was it offensive ?

Proposed translations

+8
3 mins
Selected

faggot

I'm afraid so...
Peer comment(s):

agree swisstell
8 mins
agree Juan Jacob : Go back and break his neck! Means faggot, not male prostitute.
52 mins
agree Henry Hinds : Commonly used in Mexico and seen often in graffiti.
1 hr
agree William Stein
1 hr
agree Clara Fuentes
2 hrs
agree JuanManuel
4 hrs
agree dawn39 (X) : yes... :)
5 hrs
agree margaret caulfield : although I think this must be a joke question!!
20 hrs
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4 KudoZ points awarded for this answer. Comment: "Graded automatically based on peer agreement."
+7
3 mins

yes...

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\'puta\' would mean mean a prostitute. The \'a\' ending is for a woman

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Note added at 5 mins (2003-12-11 23:34:46 GMT)
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male homosexual

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www.straightdope.com/mailbag/mfaggot.html
Peer comment(s):

agree swisstell
8 mins
thank you e-rich!
agree Víctor Nine
23 mins
thanks VRN!
agree Juan Jacob : Go back and break his neck! Means faggot, not male prostitute.
54 mins
but I never said it was a male prostitute. I only illustrated it with the female version
agree JuanManuel
4 hrs
agree dawn39 (X) : yes... :)
5 hrs
agree Kathy Figueroa
16 hrs
agree margaret caulfield
20 hrs
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+3
6 mins

absolutely

+
Peer comment(s):

agree Juan Jacob : Go back and break his neck! Means faggot, not male prostitute.
51 mins
Hi, Juan! Could have been worse! ;^)
agree JuanManuel
4 hrs
Thanks, Juan!
agree dawn39 (X) : :)
5 hrs
Thanks, Dawn!
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+2
2 hrs

yes, very... >> bugger, gay, faggot, pansy, fairy, queer, puff, sissy...and so on

Desde luego no te han dicho un piropo...
Normalmente este término tan "delicado"
se emplea como adjetivo, para dar más énfasis al sustantivo al que califica, con distintos significados, según las circunstancias:
- "En mi puto barrio nadie tiene dinero".
- "Ese puto día en que te conocí...".
- "Puto verano, ¡qué calor hace!".

En cuanto a la traducción, depende del sentido que quieran darle y cómo lo tome el que lo recibe...

"Antes estabamos nosotros y los trolos…Los **putos** para ser más claro y disculpe la expresión. Ahora se acabaron los *putos*. No hay más trolos. Ahora hay gays, bisexuales, heterosexuales, homosexuales, transexuales, travestis, ortodoxos y los que van para los dos lados…¿Cómo se llaman los que van para los dos lados? Piñón fijo creo que le dicen…Bueno no importa, no hay por qué saberlo. El tema es que hay una diversidad sexual que ni le cuento. Y ojo, no es fácil identificarlos…Para colmo, fíjese, uno les dice *"putos"* y se enojan. "Yo no soy puto" te dicen así con la muñequita torcida. "Soy gay" o "Travesti" te contestan con orgullo. Vaya a decirle "puto" a alguno de estos…Te pegan…¡Te matan!. Antes por lo menos se avergonzaban. Además se pelean entre ellos. Si entre ellos se pelean y no se ponen de acuerdo para ver quien es uno y quien el otro…Qué nos queda a nosotros…Como que la cosa siga así los que vamos a desaparecer somos nosotros".
¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨
Merry Christmas.
:))

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Note added at 2003-12-12 10:06:05 (GMT)
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POOF and more...

Here goes another one
:)

Offensive Slang
Used as a disparaging term for an effeminate or homosexual male

[Probably alteration of \"puff\", \"braggart\", \"homosexual man\", from \"puff\" (influenced by poof (1).]

poof (1) Used to indicate a sudden vanishing: \"The magician waved a wand, and poof! The birds disappeared!\".
¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨
a disparaging term for an openly homosexual man

[syn: fagot, faggot, fag, fairy, pansy, queer, poove, pouf]

Pufff!!
:))









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PUFF

Song : \"Going steady\"

Just a few words:

\"Who\'s this bloke?\" I asked her. \"Gordon \"she replied
\"Not that *puff*\" I said dismayed. \"Yes, but he\'s no *puff*\" she cried
\"He\'s more a man than you\'ll ever be!\"

Here we go, two, three, four!

Oh, she\'s a slug and he\'s a creep. She\'s a tart , he\'s very cheap.
She is a slut, he thinks he\'s tough, *she is a bitch, he is a puff*.
Yeah, yeah it\'s not fair, Yeah, yeah it\'s not fair
I\'m so upset, I\'m so upset, Yeah, yeah!

home.t-online.de/home/walterv/jilted_j.htm

Yeah, yeah!!
:(

Peer comment(s):

agree JuanManuel
1 hr
muchas gracias, Juan Manuel, y buen día :)
agree louisajay : just for info, "puff" is just a strong breath - a "poof" is a term for a gay guy!
7 hrs
muchas gracias. "Puff" represents a sound, yes, but it also means "homosexual", as far as I know... You are right about "poof", which is probably an alteration of "puff" :))
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+2
3 hrs

yes..

Another way to look at this is that "puto" was an adjective, as in:

"¡Eres un puto cabrón!" - Something like "You're a fucking asshole!

And maybe you just didn't catch the noun in question.
Yeah, dem's is fightin' words.
Peer comment(s):

agree dawn39 (X) : you are right: perhaps the word in question was..."caballero" :)
2 hrs
agree Antonio Berbel Garcia
7 hrs
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+7
4 hrs

It depends...

What were you wearing?
Peer comment(s):

agree PB Trans : good one!!! :-)
37 mins
agree Andrea Ali : Jaaaaaaa!
57 mins
agree dawn39 (X) : jajaja Let´s wait for the asker´s answer. Your question is much better than your answer, indeed :)))
1 hr
agree Maria Lorenzo : jajajajaja!! poor guy... i feel sorry for the poor guy.. I wonder who's going to get the points for this answer!!! ;o)
5 hrs
agree Maria Belarra : jua jua jua!
9 hrs
agree NICHES : I guess everyone should get points for this answer!!! jajajajaja
22 hrs
agree Erika McGovern : I think you should get the points!!! Your answer was the most creative of all!!! LOL!!!
1 day 16 hrs
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