Newsgroup: it.cultura.linguistica.inglese
Titolo: Un'espressione italiana volgare

"Avere le palle/i coglioni"... come preferireste dirlo in inglese?
Intendo più riguardo a grinta, che coraggio.
Grazie :)
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Marco Paunescu
(Aka Pau)
Love is the Dance of Eternity

 Intendo più riguardo a grinta, che coraggio.
Direi: "to have the guts to do something", ma immagino esistano altre 
espressioni con significato simile.
Ciao,
Enrico il Pentolaio.
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"E sempre allegri bisogna stare, ché il nostro piangere fa male al re, 
fa male al ricco e al cardinale, diventan tristi se noi piangiam."

 Direi: "to have the guts to do something"
In verità corrisponde più ad "avere il fegato per fare qualcosa".
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"You have to have balls to try something like that".
http://www.askoxford.com/concise_oed/balls?view=uk
Per evitare la volgarità, molti americani preferiscono usare la parola
spagnola "cojones".
http://www.askoxford.com/concise_oed/cojones?view=uk
Joe from Massachusetts


be a man
or
show some strenght 

 spagnola "cojones".
Caspita, cosi' a noi sembra ancora piu' volgare.
Roberto
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 Caspita, cosi' a noi sembra ancora piu' volgare.
Beh, per la vicinanza col nostro "coglioni" sicuramente, ma un anglofono
di base capisce niente ;-D
Grazie a tutti per i suggerimenti!
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Anche in Inghilterra dicono "cojones".
http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/comment/columnists/michael_portillo/article2076268.ece
Joe from Massachusetts

 Bella! Non l'avevo mai sentita... UK e/o US?
UK certamente, US non lo so.
"Bottle" significa "coraggio".
http://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/politics/election-what-election-why-brown-lost-his-bottle-394416.html
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http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/comment/columnists/michael_portillo/article2076268.ece
In realta' l'articolista ha giocato sul fatto che Michael Portillo e' di
origine spagnola. Non e' molto normale per un inglese sapere cosa
significa "cojones", a meno che non sia un lettore del Times.
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I've never heard "bottle" used this way in the US.
Joe from Massachusetts


Dire "cojones" per evitare "balls" é comune qui.
Time magazine.
http://www.time.com/time/columnist/poniewozik/article/0,9565,169331,00.html
New York Times
http://www.nytimes.com/2006/07/23/weekinreview/23rutenberg.html
It doesn't seem all that uncommon in the UK either.
http://blogs.guardian.co.uk/books/2007/08/we_need_critics_with_cojones.html
http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2004/apr/19/politics.iraq
http://www.pickledpolitics.com/archives/1381
http://women.timesonline.co.uk/tol/life_and_style/women/fashion/article1722437.ece
http://www.guardian.co.uk/commentisfree/2007/dec/06/women.comment
Joe from Massachusetts

On Feb 14, 1:49 pm, Enrico il Pentolaio
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Guts doesn't really compare to "palle".  We do use the word "balls"
bye
ari

 Guts doesn't really compare to "palle".  We do use the word "balls"
Yeah, I realised that after sending the message.
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     -- Mark Twain
LOL, that's funny.  You're a laugh a minute tonight.
Ari


I am not sure.  I know "nuts" does, but I am not sure about "eggs".
Maybe a male member of the group can answer your question.
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I have never heard "eggs" in this context, but have often heard the Spanish
word "juevos" (eggs) used in this context, much as "cojones" is used.
Joe from Massachusetts

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huevos, not juevos
Joe from Massachusetts

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"If Dems had any huevos they’d send up a bill to Bush right now..."
http://opinionator.blogs.nytimes.com/2007/10/10/976/
Joe from Massachusetts

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It is not uncommon to use a foreign word to avoid using a word which is
vulgar in English. "Schmuck" is a word commonly used by American speakers of
English to mean "jerk", and many people are not aware of the original
Yiddish meaning of the word ("penis"), so common has the word become.
http://www.askoxford.com/concise_oed/schmuck?view=uk
Joe from Massachusetts.