Bozo — meaning, pronunciation & more

Definition

a man who is a stupid incompetent fool

an informal term for a youth or man

Pronunciation

🇺🇸American English

/kˈæɾɐmˌaɪɾᵻd/

🇬🇧British English

/kadˈɛnʃəl/

🇮🇳Indian English

/kadˈɛnʃəl/

2 syllables Say it as /kˈæɾɐmˌaɪɾᵻd/.

Examples

a nice guy
the guy's only doing it for some doll

Synonyms & Antonyms

Synonyms

goose hombre fathead goof guy twat jackass zany cat cuckoo goofball

Parts of Speech

noun	a man who is a stupid incompetent fool
noun	an informal term for a youth or man “a nice guy”

Word Forms

goofy	adjective	ludicrous, foolish
goof	verb	commit a faux pas or a fault or make a serious mistake
goosy	adjective	having or revealing stupidity
goosey	adjective	having or revealing stupidity
zany	adjective	like a clown

Around the World

Europe

🇩🇪German

Blödsinn

ein Mann, der ein dummer, inkompetenter Narr ist

🇮🇹Italian

idiota

un uomo che è uno stupido sciocco incompetente

🇵🇹Portuguese

palhaço

um homem que é um idiota estúpido e incompetente

🇷🇺Russian

придурок

человек, который является глупым некомпетентным дураком

India

🇮🇳Hindi

बोजो

एक आदमी जो एक मूर्ख अक्षम मूर्ख है

🇧🇩Bengali

বোজো

একজন মানুষ যে একজন বোকা অযোগ্য বোকা

🇮🇳Tamil

போசோ

ஒரு முட்டாள் திறமையற்ற முட்டாள்

🇮🇳Telugu

బోజో

ఒక తెలివితక్కువ అసమర్థ మూర్ఖుడు

🇮🇳Marathi

बोझो

एक माणूस जो एक मूर्ख अक्षम मूर्ख आहे

🇮🇳Gujarati

બોઝો

એક માણસ જે મૂર્ખ અસમર્થ મૂર્ખ છે

🇮🇳Kannada

ಬೊಜೊ

ಒಬ್ಬ ಮೂರ್ಖ ಅಸಮರ್ಥ ಮೂರ್ಖ

🇮🇳Malayalam

ബോസോ

ഒരു മണ്ടൻ കഴിവുകെട്ട വിഡ്ഢി

🇮🇳Punjabi

ਬੋਜ਼ੋ

ਇੱਕ ਆਦਮੀ ਜੋ ਇੱਕ ਮੂਰਖ ਅਯੋਗ ਮੂਰਖ ਹੈ

🇵🇰Urdu

بوزو

ایک آدمی جو ایک بیوقوف نااہل احمق ہے۔

East & Southeast Asia

🇨🇳Chinese

博佐

一个愚蠢无能的傻瓜的人

🇯🇵Japanese

ボゾ

愚かで無能な愚か者である男

🇰🇷Korean

보조

멍청하고 무능한 바보 같은 남자

🇻🇳Vietnamese

gã ngốc

một người đàn ông là một kẻ ngu ngốc bất tài

🇹🇭Thai

โบโซ

คนที่เป็นคนโง่เขลาไร้ความสามารถ

Middle East

🇸🇦Arabic

بوزو

رجل غبي أحمق غير كفء

🇮🇷Persian

بوزو

مردی که یک احمق ناتوان احمق است

🇹🇷Turkish

aptal

aptal beceriksiz bir aptal olan bir adam

🇮🇱Hebrew

בוזו

אדם שהוא טיפש חסר יכולת

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