cazzo
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See also: cazzò
Italian
Pronunciation
Etymology 1
Of uncertain origin. One possibility is from a contraction of Latin capitium (“small head”) (cf. also capezzo, capezza), or from Byzantine Greek ακάτιον (akátion, “main mast”). See also caspita.
Noun
cazzo m (plural cazzi, diminutive cazzétto or cazzettìno, pejorative cazzàccio, augmentative-derogatory cazzóne) (vulgar)
- (vulgar) dick, cock, prick
- Synonyms: see Thesaurus:cazzo
- (un cazzo) shit (US), jackshit (US), sod all (UK), bugger all (UK)
- 2013, Paolo Sorrentino, 00:21:49 from the start, in La grande bellezza, spoken by Talia Concept (Anita Kravos):
- Sono un'artista, non devo spiegare un cazzo.
- I'm an artist, I don't have to explain jackshit.
- (in the plural, followed by a possessive pronoun, vulgar) business, affair
Interjection
cazzo
- fuck!, shit! (expressing frustration, surprise, or anger)
- used as an intensifier, often replacing cosa or che, similar to "what the fuck".
- Che cazzo vuoi?
- What the fuck do you want?
- Cazzo guardi?
- The fuck are you looking at?
- good grief
- my ass!
- Buongiorno un cazzo!
- Good morning my ass!
Derived terms
- cagacazzo, cacacazzo (“a person who is anal about something, overtly pedant”)
- cazzaro (“person who says a lot of insensate words”)
- cazzata (“bullshit”)
- cazzi e mazzi (“shit and whatnot”, literally “dicks and decks”)
- cazzo di
- cazzone (“very stupid person”)
- cazzotto
- cazzuto (“ballsy”)
- del cazzo
- grazie al cazzo (“no shit”)
- incazzarsi (“to get pissed”)
- stare sul cazzo
- sticazzi (“given fucks”)
- stocazzo (“these nuts”)
- testa di cazzo
Descendants
Etymology 2
Verb
cazzo
References
- ^ cazzo in Treccani.it – Vocabolario Treccani on line, Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana
- ^ cazzo in sapere.it – De Agostini Editore
- ^ cazzo in garzantilinguistica.it – Garzanti Linguistica, De Agostini Scuola Spa
- ^ Pianigiani, Ottorino (1907) “cazzo”, in Vocabolario etimologico della lingua italiana (in Italian), Rome: Albrighi & Segati
- ^ Battisti, Carlo; Alessio, Giovanni (1950–57). Dizionario etimologico italiano. Firenze: Barbera.