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cojones

American  
[kaw-haw-nes, kuh-hoh-neys, -neez] / kɔˈhɔ nɛs, kəˈhoʊ neɪs, -niz /

noun

Spanish: Sometimes Vulgar.
  1. (used with a plural verb) testes.

  2. courage.


cojones British  
/ koˈxones /

plural noun

  1. testicles

  2. manly courage

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“I don’t have the cojones for it,” says Jack Ablin, chief investment strategist at Cresset Capital.

From The Wall Street Journal Feb. 25, 2026

Alcaraz plays by the motto passed down to him by his grandfather - cabeza, corazon, cojones.

From BBC Feb. 1, 2026

And the cojones to keep up with it.

From Washington Times Aug. 9, 2022

Even “Blazing Saddles” didn’t have the cojones to make up details like that.

From Los Angeles Times Jul. 8, 2022

Albright once condemned Cuban pilots for shooting down civilian planes with the memorable line “This is not cojones, it is cowardice” — protests of unladylike language be darned, Bill Clinton remembered.

From Washington Post Apr. 27, 2022

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