It was pretty ballsy of you to stand up to the boss like that.
Source: tatoeba (931463)
Ballsy
//ˈbɔlzi//
Synonyms for "ballsy"
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3 entriesTranslations
15 translations across 10 languages.
Catalan
1 entries- collonut adj (having balls)
Finnish
2 entries- rohkea adj (having balls)
- röyhkeä adj (having balls)
French
2 entries- burné adj (having balls)
- couillu adj (having balls)
German
2 entries- draufgängerisch adj (having balls)
- mutig adj (having balls)
Hungarian
1 entries- tökös adj (having balls)
Italian
1 entries- cazzuto adj (having balls)
Romanian
2 entries- coios adj (having balls)
- tupeist adj (having balls)
Southern Ohlone
1 entries- sokkoSmin adj (having balls)
Spanish
2 entries- cojonudo adj (having balls)
- corajudo adj (having balls)
Turkish
1 entries- taşaklı adj (having balls)
Sample sentences
3 total sentences available.
I'm going to be ballsy today.
Source: tatoeba (12614560)
On a movie like this, I don’t mind doing [the scene] as written, but I do do a lot of improv. I’m sort of a rapid-fire ballsy talker, and so I bring that to the character whenever it’s appropriate to the scene. That never makes it in.
Source: wiktionary
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