cazzo

See also: cazzò

Italian

Etymology

From Latin capitium (“small head”)[1] or from Byzantine Greek ακάτιον (akátion, “main mast”).[2]

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈkat.t͡so/, [ˈkät̪t͡s̪o̞]
  • Stress: càzzo
  • Hyphenation: caz‧zo

Noun

cazzo m (plural cazzi)

  1. (vulgar) dick, cock, prick
  2. (un cazzo) shit (US), jackshit (US), sod all (UK), bugger all (UK)
    Synonyms: accidente, cacchio, cavolo
    • 2013, Anita Kravos as Talia Concept, La grande bellezza, written by Paolo Sorrentino, 00:21:49 from the start:
      Sono un'artista, non devo spiegare un cazzo.
    Non vale un cazzo.
    It's not worth shit, it's worth sod all.
  3. (in the plural, followed by a possessive pronoun) business, affair
    Synonyms: affari, cacchi, cavoli
    Fatti i cazzi tuoi!
    Mind your own fucking business!

Synonyms

  • (cock etc): For semantic relationships of this sense, see cazzo in the Thesaurus.

Interjection

cazzo!

  1. fuck!, shit! (expressing frustration, surprise, or anger)
    Synonyms: cacchio, cavolo, accidenti, merda
    Vada a bordo, cazzo!
    Get aboard, for fuck's sake!
  2. Used as an intensifier, often replacing cosa or che, similar to "what the fuck".
    Che cazzo vuoi?
    What the fuck do you want?
  3. good grief

Derived terms

Descendants

Verb

cazzo

  1. first-person singular present indicative of cazzare

References

  1. ↑ www.etimo.it
  2. ↑ Battisti, Carlo; Alessio, Giovanni (1950–57). Dizionario etimologico italiano. Firenze: Barbera.

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