macho

Borrowed from Spanish macho (“male”), from Latin masculus. Doublet of male.

• (UK) IPA^(key): /ˈmætʃəʊ/
• (US) IPA^(key): /ˈmɑtʃoʊ/
• Rhymes: -ætʃəʊ, -ɑːtʃəʊ

macho (comparative more macho, superlative most macho)

1. (informal) tending to display masculine characteristics, such as domineering, fierceness, bravado, etc., in ways that are showily and histrionically tough

macho (plural machos)

1. A macho person; a person who tends to display masculine characteristics, such as domineering, fierceness, and bravado.
2. The striped mullet of California (Mugil cephalus, syn. Mugil mexicanus).
3. A male llama.

• mocha

macho (comparative machompi, superlative machoin)

1. macho

macho

1. macho

• machomies

Borrowed from Spanish macho, from Latin masculus. Doublet of mâle.

• IPA^(key): /mat.ʃo/

macho m (plural machos)

1. One who is excessively or aggressively masculine or misogynistic; a chauvinist.

   Synonym: machiste

• machisme, machiste

• “macho” in le Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).

• chôma

Attested from the 13th century. From Vulgar Latin masclus, contracted form of Latin masculus (“male”). Cognate with Spanish macho and Portuguese macho.

• IPA^(key): /ˈmat͡ʃo̝/

macho m or f (plural machos)

1. male

macho m (plural machos)

1. male
   • 1299, Clarinda de Azevedo Maia (ed.), História do galego-português. Estado linguístico da Galiza e do Noroeste de Portugal do século XII ao século XVI (com referência á situação do galego moderno). Coimbra: I.N.I.C., page 211:

     Item mãdo ao moeſteyro de Santiago d Ermelo o meu quinõ das egóás que eu auya cũ Johan Martinz, o ffrade [...] os fillos que ſon machos que os vendan ſe quiſeren vender τ aſ egoas que fiquen cũ ſuas fillas femeas

     Item, I bequeath my share of the mares that I have together with Xoán Martís, the friar, to the monastery of Santiago de Ermelo [...] the sons which are males shall be sold if they [the monks] wanted to, and the mares shall remain with their female daughters

   Antonym: femia

2. stud
3. mule
4. piece which enters into another

• machismo
• machista

• masculino

From Old Portuguese [Term?], probably from Latin marculus (“hammer”), a diminutive of marcus.[1]

• IPA^(key): /ˈmat͡ʃo̝/

macho m (plural machos)

1. (regional) rammer

• “macho” in Dicionario de Dicionarios do galego medieval, SLI - ILGA 2006-2012.
• “macho” in Xavier Varela Barreiro & Xavier Gómez Guinovart: Corpus Xelmírez - Corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval. SLI / Grupo TALG / ILG, 2006-2016.
• “macho” in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega, SLI - ILGA 2006-2013.
• “macho” in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega. Santiago: ILG.
• “macho” in Álvarez, Rosario (coord.): Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués, Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega.

Borrowed from Spanish macho.

• IPA^(key): /ˈma.t͡ʃo/
• Hyphenation: ma‧cho

macho (invariable)

1. macho

macho m (invariable)

1. macho

From Old Portuguese macho, from Vulgar Latin masclus, contracted form of Latin masculus (“male”), from mās (“male, man”), -culus (“forms diminutives”). Doublet of másculo.

• IPA^(key): /ˈma.ʃu/
• (South Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈma.ʃo/
• Hyphenation: ma‧cho

macho m (feminine singular macha, masculine plural machos, feminine plural machas, comparable)

1. male (belonging or referring to the sex having the smaller gametes)

   Synonym: masculino

   Antonyms: fêmeo, feminino

2. macho; manly

   Synonyms: másculo, varonil, viril

   Antonyms: bicha, cagão, covarde, marica, mulherzinha

3. male (of instruments or tools: designed to fit into or penetrate a “female” counterpart)

macho m (plural machos)

1. male

   Antonym: fêmea

2. macho; manly man

   Antonyms: bicha, cagão, covarde, marica, mulherzinha

• Kabuverdianu: matchu

• IPA^(key): /ˈmat͡ʃo/
• Hyphenation: ma‧cho

From Vulgar Latin masclus, contracted form of Latin masculus (“male”). Doublet of másculo.

macho (feminine singular macha, masculine plural machos, feminine plural machas)

1. male
2. strong, brave

• The feminine form macha is rare and used for objects only. Marimacho and masculino are used to describe masculine women. Macho is also used to refer to male animals regardless of grammatical gender.[1]

macho m (plural machos)

1. male

   Antonym: hembra

• masculino

Two alternative theories are:

• From Latin marculus (“hammer”), a diminutive of marcus, itself related to the base of malleus.
• Variant of mazo (“club”).

macho m (plural machos)

1. sledgehammer
2. anvil

macho

1. First-person singular (yo) present indicative form of machar.

macho

1. plural of jicho