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chutzpa

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n.1.aggressive boldness or unmitigated effrontery; gall; as, he had the chutzpah to question my decision.
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Noun1.chutzpa - (Yiddish) unbelievable gall; insolence; audacity
chutzpah, hutzpah
cheekiness, insolence, impertinence, impudence, crust, freshness, gall - the trait of being rude and impertinent; inclined to take liberties
Yiddish - a dialect of High German including some Hebrew and other words; spoken in Europe as a vernacular by many Jews; written in the Hebrew script
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chutzpa chutzpah [ˈxʊtspə] N (esp US) → cara f dura


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