chutzpah

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Originated c. 1890–95 from Yiddish חוצפּה (khutspe), which was either borrowed via Medieval Hebrew or directly came from Aramaic חוּצְפָּא (ḥuṣpā, “audacity, boldness”), derived from חֲצַף (ḥăṣap̄, “to be impudent, arrogant”).

43 source translations are retained for this English entry.

• Bulgarian: безсрамие (bezsramie) — nearly arrogant courage
• Bulgarian: нахалство (nahalstvo) — nearly arrogant courage
• Czech: voprsklost — nearly arrogant courage
• Czech: chucpe — nearly arrogant courage
• Czech: drzost — nearly arrogant courage
• Dutch: gotspe — nearly arrogant courage
• Esperanto: aŭdaco — nearly arrogant courage
• Finnish: kantti — nearly arrogant courage
• French: audace — nearly arrogant courage
• French: culot — nearly arrogant courage
• French: toupet — nearly arrogant courage
• Galician: atrevemento — nearly arrogant courage
• German: Chuzpe — nearly arrogant courage
• Greek: μαγκιά (magkiá) — nearly arrogant courage
• Hebrew: חוצפה (khutspá) — nearly arrogant courage
• Hungarian: hücpe — nearly arrogant courage
• Icelandic: óskammfeilni — nearly arrogant courage
• Italian: sfacciataggine — nearly arrogant courage
• Macedonian: одважност (odvažnost) — nearly arrogant courage
• Macedonian: дрскост (drskost) — nearly arrogant courage
• Neapolitan: cazzimma — nearly arrogant courage
• Polish: bezczelność — nearly arrogant courage
• Polish: kpina — nearly arrogant courage
• Polish: hucpa — nearly arrogant courage
• Portuguese: atrevimento — nearly arrogant courage
• Portuguese: lata — nearly arrogant courage
• Portuguese: topete — nearly arrogant courage
• Romanian: țâfnă — nearly arrogant courage
• Romanian: tupeu — nearly arrogant courage
• Russian: ху́цпа (xúcpa) — nearly arrogant courage
• Russian: на́глость (náglostʹ) — nearly arrogant courage
• Russian: наха́льство (naxálʹstvo) — nearly arrogant courage
• Russian: ха́мство (xámstvo) — nearly arrogant courage
• Russian: де́рзость (dérzostʹ) — nearly arrogant courage
• Serbo-Croatian: дрскост — nearly arrogant courage
• Serbo-Croatian: дрчност — nearly arrogant courage
• Serbo-Croatian: drskost — nearly arrogant courage
• Serbo-Croatian: drčnost — nearly arrogant courage
• Spanish: desfachatez — nearly arrogant courage
• Swedish: fräckhet — nearly arrogant courage
• Ukrainian: ху́цпа (xúcpa) — nearly arrogant courage
• Welsh: ehofnder — nearly arrogant courage
• Yiddish: חוצפּה (khutspe) — nearly arrogant courage