prostituto

Italian

Etymology

From Latin prōstitūtus.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /pros.tiˈtu.to/
  • Rhymes: -uto
  • Hyphenation: pro‧sti‧tù‧to

Noun

prostituto m (plural prostituti, feminine prostituta) (uncommon)

  1. prostitute (male, homosexual)
  2. gigolo
  3. hustler

Further reading

  • prostituto in Collins Italian-English Dictionary
  • prostituto in Aldo Gabrielli, Grandi Dizionario Italiano (Hoepli)
  • prostituto in garzantilinguistica.it – Garzanti Linguistica, De Agostini Scuola Spa
  • prostitùto in Dizionario Italiano Olivetti, Olivetti Media Communication
  • prostituto in Treccani.it – Vocabolario Treccani on line, Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana

Latin

Pronunciation

Participle

prōstitūtō

  1. dative/ablative masculine/neuter singular of prōstitūtus

Portuguese

Etymology

From Latin prōstitūtus.

Pronunciation

 
  • (Brazil) IPA(key): /pɾos.t͡ʃiˈtu.tu/
    • (Rio de Janeiro) IPA(key): /pɾoʃ.t͡ʃiˈtu.tu/
    • (Southern Brazil) IPA(key): /pɾos.t͡ʃiˈtu.to/

  • Rhymes: -utu
  • Hyphenation: pros‧ti‧tu‧to

Noun

prostituto m (plural prostitutos, feminine prostituta, feminine plural prostitutas)

  1. (male) prostitute
    Synonym: gigolô

Further reading

Spanish

Etymology

From Latin prōstitūtus.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /pɾostiˈtuto/ [pɾos.t̪iˈt̪u.t̪o]
  • Rhymes: -uto
  • Syllabification: pros‧ti‧tu‧to

Noun

prostituto m (plural prostitutos, feminine prostituta, feminine plural prostitutas)

  1. prostitute
    Synonyms: puto, chapero
    Odio ser el que te lo diga pero no tienes un nuevo chico, sino un prostituto muy simpático.
    I hate being the one who breaks it to you that you don't have a new boytoy, but a really likable prostitute.

Further reading

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