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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 homesaying 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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