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I received an email where my cousin, who won an award, was called "pu-tativa" does anyone know what that's supposed to mean? here is part of the sentence "como hija Pu-tativa."
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Now I get it! Thanks....geez, it was so funny to not know a word. This is one word I will not soon forget!!! Gracias!
Putative is the legal term to reffer to a relationship that exist as a matter of fact and produce all de jure effect.
The term can be aplied to a crime: Delito putativo, it exist when someone realize an act considering it as a prohibited act but isn't legally.
In English such a son is called a step-son. We also say step-daughter, step-father, step-mother, step-brother, and step-sister.
Thank you....interesting information. I really appreciate it!
There is no dash: the word is "putativa". If a woman has a son, and then marries another man, he is not the real true (biological) father of the boy, even though he is called the father by everyone. This is called "padre putativo". If this man also had a son of his own, this boy is called "hermano putativo" of the other one, since they are not true brothers. And so on, and so forth. The equivalent in English is... (¡Surprise!) putative, although it is used in general to mean "not true", and not just for family relationships.
