guts

See also: Guts

English

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ɡʌts/

• Audio:

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Noun

guts

1. plural of gut
2. The entrails or contents of the abdomen.
3. (slang) Courage; determination.

   It must have taken some guts to speak in front of that audience.

   She doesn't take any nonsense from anyone—she's got guts.

4. (slang) Content, substance.

   His speech had no guts in it.

5. (in the plural) The essential, core parts.

   He knew all about the guts of the business, how things actually get done.

6. (slang) One's innermost feelings.

   If you need someone to spill your guts out to, I'm here.

Synonyms

• (entrails): entrails, guttings, innards, insides, viscera
• (courage): balls (vulgar), nerve, pluck

Translations

entrails

• Afrikaans: ingewande (af)
• Armenian: փորոտիք (hy) (pʻorotikʻ)
• Aromanian: matsã
• Burmese: အူ (my) (u)
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 內臟／内脏 (zh) (nèizàng), 内脏 (zh) (nèizàng)

• Dalmatian: alaite
• Dutch: ingewanden (nl) n pl
• Egyptian: (mẖtw)
• Esperanto: intestoj pl, intestaro, viscero
• Finnish: sisäelimet (fi), sisälmykset (fi)
• French: entrailles (fr) f pl, tripes (fr) f pl
• German: Eingeweide (de) n pl

  Alemannic German: Gehüdel n

• Greek: έντερα (el) n pl (éntera)
• Guaraní: py'akue
• Hawaiian: naʻau
• Hebrew: מעיים (he) m pl (me'áim), קרביים (he) m pl (qraváim)
• (deprecated template usage) {{trans-mid}}
• Hungarian: bél (hu)
• Interlingua: tripas f pl, entranias f pl
• Irish: inní m pl
• Italian: interiora (it) f pl, viscere (it) f pl, frattaglie (it) f pl, rigaglie (it) f pl, corata f, coratella (it) f
• Korean: 배알 (ko) (baeal)
• Macedonian: црева n pl (creva)
• Maori: whēkau
• Navajo: atsą́ siláí
• Portuguese: tripas (pt) f pl, vísceras f pl, entranhas f pl
• Romanian: mațe (ro) n pl, măruntaie (ro) m pl
• Russian: кишки́ (ru) f pl (kiškí)
• Rusyn: флякы (fljakŷ)
• Spanish: tripas (es) f, tripa (es) f
• Sundanese: peujit
• Tupinambá: py'a
• Zealandic: dermen pl

(slang) courage

• Catalan: pebrots (ca) m pl
• Chinese:

  Cantonese: 膽／胆 (daam²), 胆 (daam²)

  Mandarin: 有種／有种 (zh) (yǒuzhǒng), 有种 (zh) (yǒuzhǒng)

  Min Nan: 膽／胆 (zh-min-nan) (táⁿ, tám)

• Dutch: lef (nl) n
• Finnish: pokka (fi), kantti (fi)
• French: tripes (fr) f pl, cran (fr) m, guts (fr) m (plural in France; singular in Québec)
• Georgian: ტრაკი (ṭraḳi)
• German: Frechheit (de)
• (deprecated template usage) {{trans-mid}}
• Greek: άντερα (el) n pl (ántera), κότσια (el) n pl (kótsia)
• Hebrew: אומץ (he) m (ómetz)
• Italian: fegato (it) m, coraggio (it) m
• Japanese: 根性 (konjō), ガッツ (gattsu)
• Korean: 배짱 (ko) (baeJjang)
• Macedonian: мадиња n pl (madinja)
• Portuguese: fígado (pt) m, estômago (pt) m
• Romanian: inimă (ro) f, suflet (ro) n
• Russian: хра́брость (ru) f (xrábrostʹ), си́ла во́ли (ru) f (síla vóli)
• Spanish: agallas (es) f pl

(slang) content; substance

• Finnish: sisältö (fi), substanssi (fi)
• (deprecated template usage) {{trans-mid}}
• Italian: contenuto (it) m, sostanza (it) f, costrutto (it) m

essentials; core parts

• (deprecated template usage) {{trans-mid}}
• Italian: essenziale (it) m, essenza (it) f, cuore (it) m, nucleo (it) m, fondamenta (it) f pl

The translations below need to be checked and inserted above into the appropriate translation tables. See instructions at Wiktionary:Entry layout § Translations.

Translations to be checked

NOTE: translations in the sense of "courage" must be slang terms where possible - some given below are standard terms.

• (deprecated template usage) Guaraní: py'aguasu (2)
• (deprecated template usage) Interlingua: corage (2)
• (deprecated template usage) Romanian: curaj (2)

Verb

guts

1. third-person singular simple present indicative of gut

Verb

1. (informal) To show determination or courage (especially in the combination guts out).

   He gutsed out a 6-1 win.

Anagrams

• Gust, gust, tugs

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Danish

Noun

guts c

1. indefinite genitive singular of gut

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Dutch

Pronunciation

• Audio:

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• Rhymes: -ʏts

Noun

guts f or m (plural gutsen, diminutive gutsje n)

1. gouge, a suddenly flowing quantity of fluid
2. a chisel type with a hollow beak

Verb

guts

1. (deprecated template usage) first-person singular present indicative of gutsen
2. (deprecated template usage) imperative of gutsen

References

• M. J. Koenen & J. Endepols, Verklarend Handwoordenboek der Nederlandse Taal (tevens Vreemde-woordentolk), Groningen, Wolters-Noordhoff, 1969 (26th edition) [Dutch dictionary in Dutch]

Anagrams

• stug