Italian

Noun

puttana f ‎(plural puttane)

1. (derogatory, vulgar slang) whore, ****, hooker, tart (British)
2. (as an insult) bitch
3. trollop, strumpet, whore, streetwalker

Synonyms

• vacca (literally "cow")
• scrofa (literally "sow")
• cagna (literally "bitch")
• troia (literally "sow")
• baldracca; slang used in Northern Italy
• mignotta; slang used in Rome
• smanfaraccia; slang used in Central Italy
• barlenga; slang used in some Italian regions

Related terms

• figlio di puttana
• porca puttana
• putta
• puttanesca, alla puttanesca
• puttaniere
• puttanata
• puttanaio
• sputtanamento

Anagrams

• puntata

References

1. ↑ http://www.etimo.it/?term=puttana
2. ↑ http://www.sapere.it/sapere/search.html?q1=puttana&x.x=0&x.y=0&srch=enciclopedia
3. ↑ http://atilf.atilf.fr/dendien/scripts/tlfiv5/advanced.exe?8;s=250681320;
4. ↑ “puttana” in: Alberto Nocentini, Alessandro Parenti, “l'Etimologico — Vocabolario della lingua italiana”, Le Monnier, 2010, ISBN 978-88-00-20781-2