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cojones

American  
[kaw-haw-nes, kuh-hoh-nays, -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

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

“I don’t know if I had the cojones to even ask him,” McDaniel said.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 5, 2017

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