# prostituta
## Asturian
### Noun

prostituta f (plural prostitutes)
* prostitute (a person having sex for profit)

## Basque
### Noun

prostituta ?
* prostitute

#### Declension
## Catalan
### Pronunciation

* IPA: (Central) [pɾus.tiˈtu.tə]
* IPA: (Balearic) [pɾos.tiˈtu.tə]
* IPA: (Valencia) [pɾos.tiˈtu.ta]
* Audio:(file)

### Noun

prostituta f (plural prostitutes)
* female equivalent of prostitut

## Italian
### Etymology

From Latin.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /pro.stiˈtu.ta/
* Rhymes: -uta
* Hyphenation: pro‧sti‧tù‧ta

### Noun

prostituta f (plural prostitute, masculine prostituto, diminutive (uncommon, offensive) prostitutèlla)
* prostitute, hooker
    Synonyms: battona, donnina, lucciola, meretrice, mignotta, passeggiatrice, puttana, squillo, (literary) pandemia

#### Related terms

* prostituirsi
* prostitutizio
* prostitutore
* prostituzione

### Further reading

* prostituta in Collins Italian-English Dictionary
* prostituta in Luciano Canepari, Dizionario di Pronuncia Italiana (DiPI)
* prostituta in Aldo Gabrielli, Grandi Dizionario Italiano (Hoepli)
* prostituta in garzantilinguistica.it – Garzanti Linguistica, De Agostini Scuola Spa
* prostituta in Dizionario Italiano Olivetti, Olivetti Media Communication
* prostituta in sapere.it – De Agostini Editore
* prostituta in Treccani.it – Vocabolario Treccani on line, Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana

## Latin
### Pronunciation

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

### Participle

prōstitūta
* inflection of prōstitūtus:
** nominative/vocative feminine singular
** nominative/accusative/vocative neuter plural

### Participle

prōstitūtā
* ablative feminine singular of prōstitūtus

## Portuguese
### Etymology

Learned borrowing from Latin prōstitūta.

### Pronunciation

* (Brazil) IPA: /pɾos.t͡ʃiˈtu.tɐ/
* (Brazil) IPA: /pɾos.t͡ʃiˈtu.tɐ/
** (Rio de Janeiro) IPA: /pɾoʃ.t͡ʃiˈtu.tɐ/
** (Southern Brazil) IPA: /pɾos.t͡ʃiˈtu.ta/
* (Portugal) IPA: /pɾuʃ.tiˈtu.tɐ/
* (Northeast Brazil) IPA: /ˌpɾɔʃ.ti.ˈtu.tɐ/
* Audio (Brazil):(file)
* Rhymes: -utɐ
* Hyphenation: pros‧ti‧tu‧ta

### Noun

prostituta f (plural prostitutas, masculine prostituto, masculine plural prostitutos)
* prostitute (woman who sells sex)
    Synonyms: see Thesaurus:prostituta

#### Related terms

* prostíbulo
* prostituição
* prostituir
* prostituto

### Further reading

* “prostituta”, in iDicionário Aulete (in Portuguese), Rio de Janeiro: Lexikon Editora Digital, 2008–2025
* “prostituta”, in Dicionário inFormal (in Portuguese), 2006–2025
* “prostituta” in Dicionário Aberto based on Novo Diccionário da Língua Portuguesa de Cândido de Figueiredo, 1913
* “prostituta”, in Dicionário infopédia da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Porto: Porto Editora, 2003–2025
* “prostituta”, in Michaelis Dicionário Brasileiro da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), São Paulo: Editora Melhoramentos, 2015–2025
* “prostituta”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2025

## Spanish
### Pronunciation

* IPA: /pɾostiˈtuta/ [pɾos.t̪iˈt̪u.t̪a]
* Rhymes: -uta
* Syllabification: pros‧ti‧tu‧ta

### Noun

prostituta f (plural prostitutas)
* female equivalent of prostituto
    Tenemos más problemas que una prostituta bocona en un bar gay donde todos los hombres son policías encubiertos.We've got more problems than a loudmouthed prostitute at a gay bar where all the men are undercover cops.

## Tagalog
### Etymology

Borrowed from Spanish prostituta.

### Pronunciation

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

### Noun

prostituta (Baybayin spelling ᜉ᜔ᜇᜓᜐ᜔ᜆᜒᜆᜓᜆ)
* (female) prostitute
    Synonyms: puta, (slang, derogatory) pokpok, (Batangas) pagerper

#### Related terms

* prostitusyon

### Further reading

* “prostituta”, in Pambansang Diksiyonaryo | Diksiyonaryo.ph, Manila, 2018