In Mexico, the saying can range anyplace from semi-inappropriate to very offensive relying on tone and context. When used in the extra mixed coastal areas to describe someone, it can be barely more offensive depending on the way it is claimed or the context. Therefore, it may be mentioned in front of adults, however probably not children, relying on one's moral compass. Pinche has completely different meanings, relying on geographic location. In Puerto Rico pinche simply refers to a hairpin, while pincho has the same meaning in Dominican Spanish. This word is frequent to all other Romance languages (it's puta also in Portuguese and Catalan, pute/putain in French, puttana in Italian, and so on) and nearly actually comes from the Vulgar Latin putta (from puttus, alteration of putus "boy"), though the Royal Spanish Academy lists its origins as "uncertain" (in contrast to other dictionaries, such because the María Moliner, which state putta as its origin).
