Italian

Noun

coglione m ‎(plural coglioni)

1. (taboo slang, literally) testicle
2. (taboo slang, figuratively) sucker, fool

Synonyms

• mona (Venetian slang for ****. With no plural).
• pirla (Milanese slang for cock. With no plural).
• bambascione (Lombard slang for "A great stupid"). Plural: "bambascioni".
• bamba: the same of "bambacione" used in Brescia city. With no plural.
• allocco (litterally: brown owl; Plural: "allocchi")
• balordo (silly and rambling guy; Plural: "balordi")
• barbagianni (litterally: barn owl; without plural).
• tonto (Plural: tonti): "dull".
• ebete (Plural: ebeti): "deadhead".
• deficiente (Plural: deficienti): "headless".
• demente (Plural: dementi): "brainless".
• ignorante (Plural: ignoranti): "ignorant", "illeterate".
• cretino (Plural: cretini): "silly".
• fesso (Plural: fessi): "dupe".
• scemo (Plural: scemi): "empty head".
• stupido (Plural: stupidi): "stupid".
• idiota (Plural: idioti): "idiot".
• sciocco (Plural: sciocchi): "goofy".
• cazzone: stupid. Plural: "cazzoni".
• merdaccia: colourless person. Plural: "merdacce".
• coglionazzo: inane person. Plural: "coglionazzi".
• beota: stubborn. Plural: "beoti".
• abelinato (Plural: abelinati, used in Genoa for "Sleepy and silly man").
• belinone (Plural: belinoni, the same of above; coming from Liguria).
• minchione: used in Southern Italy (expecially in Sicily). It means "Guy with no brain". Plural: "minchioni".
• crotano: Venetian slang for obstinate. Plural: "crotani".
• cefalo: (literally "grey mullet") A very stupid man. Plural: "cefali".
• piparlot (in Ferrara city: a very silly person). With no plural.
• bec d'oc (in Ferrara city, litterally "Goose's beak". Colloquially "A dull man"). With no plural.
• coatto (Plural: Coatti, used in Rome for "rude and silly man").
• grezzo (Plural: grezzi, for "uncivilized stupid person").
• grez (the same of above but used in Ferrara; without plural).
• sdoz (from Ferrara, with no plural): "clumsy".
• grindolo (Plural: grindoli): "a barbaric and silly farmer".
• zeul (in Ferrara city: the same of "cefalo"; see above). With no plural.
• ciordo (in Ferrara city: the same of "Very stupid"; see above). With no plural.
• ignureul (slang used in Via Palestro district, in Ferrara city for "stupid and with no culture". With no plural).
• gonzo (Plural: gonzi).
• citrullo (Used in Tuscany. Plural: citrulli).
• grullo (Used in Tuscany. Plural: grulli).
• rincoglionito (A person who became stupid for old age. Plural: rincoglioniti).
• rimbambito (used in whole Italy) means "What a stupid !". Plural "rimbambiti".
• rimba has the same meanings of "rimbambito" and it's a colloquial form. With no plural.
• mongolo: true meaning is "Down affected guy" ("mongolo" is a "Mongolic eye guy"). In Emilia region is often used for "foolish", with a very ugly meaning. Plural "mongoli".
• baccalà (Word used in Veneto region, with no plural. Litterally: "Dried and salted cod" = more and more stupid). Without plural.
• baccamorto (Word used in Puglia region, Litterally: "Stupid person".
• babbeo (Plural: babbei for "silly and without brain"). Plural: "babbei".
• merluzzo (Plural: "merluzzi") or "stocafisso" (Plural: "stocafissi)" - literally: codfish for a person who cannot use his brain.
• abbelinato: used in Genoa for "very silly". Plural "abbelinati".
• cazzaro: in Rome, so it's called a person who's going on saying stupid things. Plural "cazzari"
• fregnacciaro: in Rome, so it's called a person who vaints in vain about not got merits. Plural "fregnacciari".
• cottolengo, in some districts in Piedmont region, so it's called a man who should have to be locked up in a mental hospital ("Cottolengo" is the name of a famous hospital in Turin for Down's affected patients). With no plural.
• frescone: roman word for "a particular kind of silly man". Plural "fresconi".
• balabiott lombard word that means: "A poor and stupid man". With no plural.
• testa di ****: litterally cock's head (where "cock" is male sex) or dickhead. It's widely used in whole Italy as "more and more stupid". Plural: "teste di ****".
• faccia da culo (Plural: facce da culo; literally: "A man having a face like his ass", used like: "A person who do a lot of bad, pointless stupid actions").

Related terms

• coglia