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Puta vs Puka - What's the difference?

puta | puka |

As nouns the difference between puta and puka

is that puta is a prostitute, whore, slut, bitch while puka is a small usually perforated wave- and beach-polished shell fragment formed from the spire of a cone, found along beaches of Pacific islands, and used especially to make necklaces.

puta

English

Noun

(-)
  • (vulgar, chiefly, US Hispanic) A prostitute, whore, slut, bitch.
  • * {{quote-news, 1988, February 12, Lawrence Bommer, Extremeties/Talking With . . ., Chicago Reader citation
    • , passage=Mastrosimone's (antiheroine?) Marjorie lets in a man who quickly drops the small talk, slams her to the floor, and almost smothers her with a pillow as he commands her to say "thank you," "I love you," and "I am your puta .}}
  • * {{quote-book, 2005, Eric Bogosian, Wasted Beauty citation
    • , passage=And we told you, man, we have not seen your puta sister.}}

    Anagrams

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    puka

    English

    (puka shell)

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • a small usually perforated wave- and beach-polished shell fragment formed from the spire of a cone, found along beaches of Pacific islands, and used especially to make necklaces.
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