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What does puta mean? Don't say this around tu abuela.. Puta (plural, putas) literally means "whore" in Spanish, but depending on the context, it can also function like the English fucking, bitch, and motherfucker. It is often exclaimed in frustration or surprise.
Girl: ew do you see that puta over there im about to beat her up
Boy: Why?
Girl: sHeS a ToTaL BiTcH
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It is Spanish or Latin for Bitch or Whore.
Person 1: Sup puta, how's shit going. bro
Person 2: Nothing bro, jus the usual shit.
PUTA by Ezeki-B April 2, 2021
Esa mujer es una puta - that woman is a whore
Puta by TheBlev June 22, 2021
Yu a puta
Puta by Love l daddy June 26, 2021
As a native Spanish and fluent French speaker, I can say that the previous definitions are either definitely wrong, or are private jokes.

Puta means whore in Spanish. The equivalent word in French is Pute or Putain, not Puta.

The origin of both the French and Spanish words is Putida, which refers to a stinky woman in Latin. In other Latin-derived languages you find Puta in Portuguese, and Putana in Italian.
Spanish: Eres un hijo de puta! You are a son of a bitch

Laura es una puta barata. Laura is a cheap whore.

French:
Fils de pute! Son of a bitch.
Ginette a beau se définir comme une escort, mais elle est simplement une putain un peu chère que les tapineuses. Ginette may say that she is an escort, she’s simply a whore more expensive than the streetwalkers.
Puta by Jorgito1 July 30, 2021
Portuguese word that means someone is a hooker.
E se te fosses meter nas putas.
És um ganda filho da puta.
Puta by I'm cum in August 27, 2021