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Meaning of cojones | Babel Free

Noun CEFR C2 Specialized
kəˈhoʊˌneɪs

Definitions

Synonym of balls (“testicles; courage, masculinity”).

plural, plural-only, slang, usually, vulgar

Equivalents

Français cojones

Examples

“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.”
“The feisty wife of a world-renowned Russian sculptor emasculated an armed thug outside her Soho home — saying he “didn’t have the cojones to shoot her,” police sources said yesterday.”

CEFR level

C2
Mastery
This word is part of the CEFR C2 vocabulary — mastery level.
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