cazzo

See also: cazzò

Italian

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈkat.t͡so/
• Rhymes: -attso
• Hyphenation: càz‧zo

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)

1. (vulgar) dick, cock, prick

   Synonyms: see Thesaurus:cazzo

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

   Synonyms: accidenti, cacchio, cavolo

   Non vale un cazzo.

   It's not worth shit, it's worth sod all.

   • 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.

3. (in the plural, followed by a possessive pronoun, vulgar) business, affair

   Synonyms: affari, cacchi, cavoli

   Fatti i cazzi tuoi!

   Mind your own fucking business!

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?

   Cazzo guardi?

   The fuck are you looking at?

3. good grief
4. 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

• → Esperanto: kaco
• → French: catze

Etymology 2

Verb

cazzo

1. first-person singular present indicative of cazzare

Anagrams

• cozza