cazzimma
🇮🇹 Italian slang from Naples
What does “cazzimma” mean?
ruthless cunning
Example
“Chillo tene 'na cazzimma assurda.”
That guy is ruthlessly cunning.
Good to know
Hard to translate: a mix of street smarts, nerve and selfishness – admired and feared. Mildly vulgar.
Who you can say it to
Only with close friends
🙄 Teasing
The textbook way to say it: furbizia
Heard in a conversation
Haggling at the Pignasecca
Peppe Pe' vuje, tre euro. Prezzo speciale.
For you, three euros. Special price.
Titina Tre euro? Peppe, tiene 'na cazzimma! Ajere stevano a duje!
Three euros? Peppe, you're a crafty one! Yesterday they were two!
Peppe Signò, nun me facite chiagnere! Tengo cinche figlie.
Lady, don't make me cry! I've got five kids.
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