prostituta

See also:prostitūta,andprostitūtā

Asturian

Noun

prostitutaf(pluralprostitutes)

1. prostitute(a person having sex for profit)

Basque

Noun

prostituta?

1. prostitute

Declension

Declension ofprostituta(animate, ending in-a)

	indefinite	singular	plural
absolutive	prostituta	prostituta	prostitutak
ergative	prostitutak	prostitutak	prostitutek
dative	prostitutari	prostitutari	prostitutei
genitive	prostitutaren	prostitutaren	prostituten
comitative	prostitutarekin	prostitutarekin	prostitutekin
causative	prostitutarengatik	prostitutarengatik	prostitutengatik
benefactive	prostitutarentzat	prostitutarentzat	prostitutentzat
instrumental	prostitutaz	prostitutaz	prostitutez
inessive	prostitutarengan	prostitutarengan	prostitutengan
locative	—	—	—
allative	prostitutarengana	prostitutarengana	prostitutengana
terminative	prostitutarenganaino	prostitutarenganaino	prostitutenganaino
directive	prostitutarenganantz	prostitutarenganantz	prostitutenganantz
destinative	prostitutarenganako	prostitutarenganako	prostitutenganako
ablative	prostitutarengandik	prostitutarengandik	prostitutengandik
partitive	prostitutarik	—	—
prolative	prostitutatzat	—	—

Catalan

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key):(Central)[pɾus.tiˈtu.tə]
• IPA^(key):(Balearic)[pɾos.tiˈtu.tə]
• IPA^(key):(Valencia)[pɾos.tiˈtu.ta]

• Audio:

  (file)

Noun

prostitutaf(pluralprostitutes)

1. female equivalent ofprostitut

Italian

Etymology

FromLatin.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key):/pro.stiˈtu.ta/
• Rhymes:-uta
• Hyphenation:pro‧sti‧tù‧ta

Noun

prostitutaf(pluralprostitute,masculineprostituto,diminutive(uncommon, offensive)prostitutèlla)

1. prostitute,hooker

   Synonyms:battona,donnina,lucciola,meretrice,mignotta,passeggiatrice,puttana,squillo,(literary)pandemia

Related terms

• prostituirsi
• prostitutizio
• prostitutore
• prostituzione

Further reading

• prostitutainCollins Italian-English Dictionary
• prostitutainLuciano Canepari,Dizionario di Pronuncia Italiana (DiPI)
• prostitutain Aldo Gabrielli,Grandi Dizionario Italiano(Hoepli)
• prostitutain garzantilinguistica.it –Garzanti Linguistica,De Agostini Scuola Spa
• prostitutainDizionario Italiano Olivetti,Olivetti Media Communication
• prostitutainsapere.it– De Agostini Editore
• prostitutain Treccani.it –Vocabolario Treccani on line,Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana

Latin

Pronunciation

• prōstitūta:(Classical Latin)IPA^(key):/proːs.tiˈtuː.ta/,[proːs̠t̪ɪˈt̪uːt̪ä]
• prōstitūta:(modern Italianate Ecclesiastical)IPA^(key):/pros.tiˈtu.ta/,[prost̪iˈt̪uːt̪ä]
• prōstitūtā:(Classical Latin)IPA^(key):/proːs.tiˈtuː.taː/,[proːs̠t̪ɪˈt̪uːt̪äː]
• prōstitūtā:(modern Italianate Ecclesiastical)IPA^(key):/pros.tiˈtu.ta/,[prost̪iˈt̪uːt̪ä]

Participle

prōstitūta

1. inflection ofprōstitūtus:
   1. nominative/vocativefemininesingular
   2. nominative/accusative/vocativeneuterplural

Participle

prōstitūtā

1. ablativefemininesingularofprōstitūtus

Portuguese

Etymology

Learned borrowingfromLatinprōstitūta.

Pronunciation

• (Brazil)IPA^(key):/pɾos.t͡ʃiˈtu.tɐ/

• (Brazil)IPA^(key):/pɾos.t͡ʃiˈtu.tɐ/
  • (Rio de Janeiro)IPA^(key):/pɾoʃ.t͡ʃiˈtu.tɐ/
  • (Southern Brazil)IPA^(key):/pɾos.t͡ʃiˈtu.ta/

• (Portugal)IPA^(key):/pɾuʃ.tiˈtu.tɐ/

• (Northeast Brazil)IPA^(key):/ˌpɾɔʃ.ti.ˈtu.tɐ/

• Audio(Brazil):

  (file)

• Rhymes:-utɐ
• Hyphenation:pros‧ti‧tu‧ta

Noun

prostitutaf(pluralprostitutas,masculineprostituto,masculine pluralprostitutos)

1. prostitute(woman who sells sex)

   Synonyms:seeThesaurus:prostituta

Related terms

• prostíbulo
• prostituição
• prostituir
• prostituto

Further reading

• “prostituta”,iniDicionário Aulete(in Portuguese), Rio de Janeiro: Lexikon Editora Digital,2008–2024
• “prostituta”,inDicionário inFormal(in Portuguese),2006–2024
• “prostituta”inDicionário Abertobased onNovo Diccionário da Língua Portuguesa de Cândido de Figueiredo,1913
• “prostituta”,inDicionário infopédia da Língua Portuguesa(in Portuguese), Porto: Porto Editora,2003–2024
• “prostituta”,inMichaelis Dicionário Brasileiro da Língua Portuguesa(in Portuguese), São Paulo: Editora Melhoramentos,2015–2024
• “prostituta”,inDicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa(in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam,2008–2024

Spanish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key):/pɾostiˈtuta/[pɾos.t̪iˈt̪u.t̪a]
• Rhymes:-uta
• Syllabification:pros‧ti‧tu‧ta

Noun

prostitutaf(pluralprostitutas)

1. female equivalent ofprostituto

   Tenemos más problemas que unaprostitutabocona en un bar gay donde todos los hombres son policías encubiertos.

   We've got more problems than a loudmouthedprostituteat a gay bar where all the men are undercover cops.

Tagalog

Etymology

BorrowedfromSpanishprostituta.

Pronunciation

• (Standard Tagalog)IPA^(key):/pɾostiˈtuta/[pɾos.t̪ɪˈt̪uː.t̪ɐ]
• Rhymes:-uta
• Syllabification:pros‧ti‧tu‧ta

Noun

prostituta(Baybayin spellingᜉ᜔ᜇᜓᜐ᜔ᜆᜒᜆᜓᜆ)

1. (female)prostitute

   Synonyms:puta,(slang, derogatory)pokpok,(Batangas)pagerper

Related terms

• prostitusyon

Further reading

• “prostituta”,inPambansang Diksiyonaryo | Diksiyonaryo.ph,Manila,2018