Puta/puto

From Rap Dictionary

noun

puta/puto

1. Asshole. "How you like me now, puto" -- Cypress Hill (Locotes [1995]).
2. Puta is spanish for female bitch and puto is spanish for male bitch

1. Actually perra is the spanish term for bitch. Puta or puto in my spanish lexicon has alway been used as whore/ho. I think this is a common misconception of the word.