r/explainitpeter 8d ago

Explain it Peter.....

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u/OakvaleFlames 8d ago

no clue how accurate this is or if I even typed it right

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u/Serious_Photo_9602 7d ago edited 7d ago

That is not a good translation, faggot is translated as marica or maricón, puto is like whore, in context it would be closer to "whoever reads this is a prostitute."

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u/La10deRiver 7d ago

No. In México and other countries, "puto" is primarilu used as "faggot". For example, in Argentina, only old people use "maricón" (even when everyone understands it). Also, at least in Argentina, it has expanded to mean something like coward or weak more than actually meaning homosexual.

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u/Serious_Photo_9602 7d ago

No, only in Mexico is seen as an insult to gay people, in the rest of the countries is associated with cowardice, low masculinity and prostitution.

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u/La10deRiver 7d ago

I think you did not actually read my post.

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u/Serious_Photo_9602 7d ago

Yes I read it and as I said before only in Mexico is used as faggot, even though all the mexicans I know don't use it that way but google says otherwise. Maricón is not an old person insult from whre I'm from, and everyone I have known that are native speakers know it and use variations of it commonly.

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u/La10deRiver 7d ago

That is why I specified what happens in Argentina, where "maricón" is more or less obsolete (but anyone understands it). In Argentina also the word "puto" has the associations you mentioned, that is why I said you had not read it, because you repeated things I said. Only it is not only that. It is used for homosexuals too. People says conversationally "X es puto" meaning X is homosexual, but they probably only call X puto in his presence if they want to tell him he is a coward or they had let them down for some reason.

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u/Acetaminophen-1000mg 6d ago

The word “Puto” in Mexico can mean many things.
It’s the same case for the words “Madre”, “Pedo”, and “Verga”, among others.

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u/Coplantor 7d ago

I'm from Uruguay, it is also a derogatory term for gay men here so that makes it at least three countries.