cojones
English
Etymology
From Spanish cojones (“testicles, balls”), from Late Latin cōleonēs, from Latin cōleus (“sack, scrotum”). Doublet of cullion and culeus.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /kəˈhoʊˌneɪs/, /kəˈhoʊniːz/
Noun
cojones pl (plural only)
- (slang, usually vulgar) Synonym of balls, the male genitalia and courage, masculinity, &c.
- 2005, Total Overdose, Deadline Games; Square Enix, Square Enix Europe; Eidos Interactive, spoken by Ramiro “Ram” Cruz (Simon Prescott as Cesar Morales; Daniel E. Mora):
- Stepping right into a trap... Your biggest problem is that you got big cojones but nothing in your brains.
I think Freud would have something to say about your obsession with my big cojones.
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Further reading
- “cojones”, in Collins English Dictionary.
- “cojones”, in Merriam-Webster Online Dictionary
- “cojones”, in Lexico, Dictionary.com; Oxford University Press, 2019–2022.
- “cojones” in the Cambridge English Dictionary, Cambridge: Cambridge University Press.
Spanish
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /koˈxones/ [koˈxo.nes]
- Rhymes: -ones
- Syllabification: co‧jo‧nes
Descendants
- → English: cojones
Noun
cojones
Further reading
- “cojones”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014
- “cojones” in Lexico, Oxford University Press.
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