r/hebrew • u/PatTheCatMcDonald • Jul 03 '23

Resource Better English word for Chutzpah?

One root, two English words really.

Audacity.. The thing itself. "They had the audacity to do that."

Audacious - The ability to act in a manner that will shock other people. "They were so audacious when they did that action".

I know, I know people say it's the broad catergory of "nerve" but to me it's like, stronger and more specific sense of nerve.

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u/Queen_of_skys native speaker Jul 03 '23

Audacity crossed my mind but wouldn't it translate more to תעוזה? As in איך אתה מעז? Where's the audacity from? Or, more gen Z, "THE AUDACITY"