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cazzo.

dick, cock, prick

5 characters2 syllables approx.Italiano language

Meaning & usage

noun/ˈkat.t͡so/

  1. dick, cock, prick

    error-lua-exec · masculine · vulgar

  2. shit (US), jackshit (US), sod all (UK), bugger all (UK)

    error-lua-exec · masculine · vulgar
    Non vale un cazzo.

  3. problems; business, matters

    error-lua-exec · in-plural · masculine · vulgar
    farsi i cazzi propri
    per i cazzi propri
Where this word comes from

Of uncertain origin. The most plausible etymon is Latin captiāre, interjection of the Latin verb captiō (“catching, capture”) as "to chase out", in the sense of to insert, to forcefully put in. Thus, the noun captum as accusative singular of captus (“having been taken in, captured”). Antonio Lupis concludes that the term cazzo does not derive from cazza ("ladle") because cazzo is an original term from the Umbrian-Tuscan area since 1300CE. Another possible etymon is Old Italian cazza (“ladle”), from Late Latin cattiam, in turn from Ancient Greek κυάθιον (kuáthion), diminutive form of κύαθος (kúathos, “ladle for wine”); cf. also cazzuola. Another is Byzantine Greek ἀκάτιον (akátion, “mainmast”). See also caspita.

intj/ˈkat.t͡so/

  1. fuck!, shit! (expressing frustration, surprise, or anger)

    error-lua-exec · vulgar
    Vada a bordo, cazzo!

  2. used as an intensifier, often replacing cosa or che, similar to "what the fuck".

    error-lua-exec · vulgar
    Che cazzo vuoi?
    Cazzo guardi?

  3. good grief

    error-lua-exec · vulgar

  4. my ass!

    error-lua-exec · vulgar
    Buongiorno un cazzo!
Where this word comes from

Of uncertain origin. The most plausible etymon is Latin captiāre, interjection of the Latin verb captiō (“catching, capture”) as "to chase out", in the sense of to insert, to forcefully put in. Thus, the noun captum as accusative singular of captus (“having been taken in, captured”). Antonio Lupis concludes that the term cazzo does not derive from cazza ("ladle") because cazzo is an original term from the Umbrian-Tuscan area since 1300CE. Another possible etymon is Old Italian cazza (“ladle”), from Late Latin cattiam, in turn from Ancient Greek κυάθιον (kuáthion), diminutive form of κύαθος (kúathos, “ladle for wine”); cf. also cazzuola. Another is Byzantine Greek ἀκάτιον (akátion, “mainmast”). See also caspita.

verb

  1. first-person singular present indicative of cazzare

    first-person · form-of · indicative · present · singular
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