What does "cojones" mean?

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

What is a synonym for "cojones"?

Common synonyms include: balls, beans, bollocks, gooseberry, tallywag, testicles.

How do you pronounce "cojones"?

Pronounced //kəˈhoʊˌneɪs//.

Cojones

//kəˈhoʊˌneɪs// noun, slang

noun, slang ·Moderate ·College level

Definitions

Noun

1
Synonym of balls (“testicles; courage, masculinity”). plural, plural-only, slang, usually, vulgar
"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."

Synonyms

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balls beans bollocks gooseberry tallywag testicles

Example

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"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."

Etymology

Borrowed from Spanish cojones (“testicles, balls”).

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