putaria

Portuguese

Etymology

From puta (“whore”). Compare Spanish puterío.

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /pu.taˈɾi.ɐ/

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /pu.taˈɾi.ɐ/
  • (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /pu.taˈɾi.a/

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /pu.tɐˈɾi.ɐ/

• Hyphenation: pu‧ta‧ri‧a

Noun

putaria f (plural putarias)

1. (vulgar) whorehouse, brothel

   Synonyms: puteiro, bordel, covil, lupanar, prostíbulo

2. (vulgar) group of prostitutes

   Synonym: puteiro

3. (vulgar) whoredom

   Synonym: prostituição

4. (vulgar) fuckery, debauchery
   • 2018, “BB King”, performed by Baco Exu do Blues:

     Mano, eu sou o Baco / Deus da putaria, da loucura e dos palco

     Nigga, I'm Baco / God of debauchery, madness and stages

5. (vulgar) joke, prank, dirty trick
6. (vulgar) taunt, mockery
7. (vulgar, colloquial, slang, figuratively) bad or frowned upon behaviour

Further reading

• “putaria”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2025