prostituto

/pɾostiˈtuto/ · B1 · noun · m

prostitute

prostituto — prostitute

Cognate of English prostitute; -o ending marks the masculine form

From Latin prostituere: pro (forward, in public) + statuere (to set or place), so to offer for sale in public. Spanish uses prostituto for a man and prostituta for a woman. The stress falls on -tu-: pros-ti-TU-to.

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