# macho
## English
### Etymology

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

### Pronunciation

* (UK) IPA: /ˈmæt͡ʃ.əʊ/
** Audio (Southern England):(file)
* (US) IPA: /ˈmɑ.t͡ʃoʊ/
* Rhymes: -ætʃəʊ, -ɑːtʃəʊ

### Adjective

macho (comparative more macho, superlative most macho)
* (informal) Masculine in an overly assertive or aggressive way.
    macho culture
** 1997, George Carlin, “SPORTS ROUNDUP”, in Brain Droppings‎, New York: Hyperion Books, →ISBN, page 56:I like sports because I enjoy knowing that many of these macho athletes have to vomit before a big game. Any guy who would take a job where you gotta puke first is my kinda guy.
** 2017 September 4, “End ‘macho’ Brexit posturing, Anna Soubry urges May”, in The Guardian‎:The government’s “bullish” and “macho” approach to Brexit should not stop Conservative backbenchers from tabling amendments to the crucial repeal bill, a leading Tory remainer has said.
** 2020 October 15, Francine Prose, “Trump's macho bravado is an embarrassment. Yet it puts us all in danger”, in The Guardian‎:Joseph Biden has described Donald Trump’s refusal to wear a mask as “macho”, an insult unlikely to wound a president, who, before his illness, began rallies with speakers blasting the Village People’s 1979 song Macho Man.

#### Translations
### Noun

macho (plural machos)
* A macho person; a man who is masculine in an overly assertive or aggressive way.
    Synonyms: macho man; see also Thesaurus:hypermasculine man
    Antonyms: see Thesaurus:effeminate man
** 1978, “Macho Man”, performed by Village People:You can tell a macho, he has a funky walk / His western shirts and leather, always look so boss
* Machismo
** 1980 August 30, Jil Clark, quoting Bob Andrews, “Gays Talk About Registration and the Draft”, in Gay Community News, volume 8, number 6, page 9:[…] about how the military is anti-gay and uses intimidation and peer pressure. How it promotes a sense of false macho and patriotism.
** 1981, Frank Rector, The Nazi Extermination of Homosexuals, page 33:Though there was plentiful evidence to the contrary that should have made plain to him the hairy masculine macho of German gays, Hitler's stereotyped image perceived them as woman-like, surrendering, and therefore essentially weak.
** 1990 February 4, Laura Briggs, quoting Jackson Katz, “Men March Against Sexism During Superbowl”, in Gay Community News, volume 17, number 29, page 2:On this day, when tens of millions of men, and women, are watching this yearly celebration of American macho, we'd like them to stop and think about the prevalence of male violence against women and what they can do to end it.
* The striped mullet of California (Mugil cephalus, syn. Mugil mexicanus).
* A male llama.
    Coordinate term: hembra

#### Derived terms

* macho dancer
* machodom
* machohood
* machoism
* machoistically
* macho man
* machoness
* macho up

#### Translations
### Related terms

* machismo

### See also

* masculinist

### Anagrams

* mocha, Mocha, Choma

## Dutch
### Etymology

Borrowed from Spanish macho.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈmɑ.tʃoː/
* Audio:(file)
* Hyphenation: ma‧cho

### Adjective

macho (comparative meer macho, superlative meest macho)
* macho (pertaining to machismo)

#### Derived terms

* machoman

### Noun

macho m (plural macho's)
* a macho male

## Finnish
### Etymology

From Spanish macho.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈmɑtʃo/, [ˈmɑ̝t̪ʃo̞]
* Rhymes: -ɑtʃo

### Adjective

macho (comparative machompi, superlative machoin)
* macho

#### Declension

Possessive forms of macho (Kotus type 1/valo, no gradation) :
Rare. Only used with substantive adjectives. :
first-person singular possessor
singular
plural
nominative
machoni
machoni
accusative
nom.
machoni
machoni
gen.
machoni
genitive
machoni
machojeni
partitive
machoani
machojani
inessive
machossani
machoissani
elative
machostani
machoistani
illative
machooni
machoihini
adessive
machollani
machoillani
ablative
macholtani
machoiltani
allative
macholleni
machoilleni
essive
machonani
machoinani
translative
machokseni
machoikseni
abessive
machottani
machoittani
instructive
comitative
—machoineni
second-person singular possessor
singular
plural
nominative
machosi
machosi
accusative
nom.
machosi
machosi
gen.
machosi
genitive
machosi
machojesi
partitive
machoasi
machojasi
inessive
machossasi
machoissasi
elative
machostasi
machoistasi
illative
machoosi
machoihisi
adessive
machollasi
machoillasi
ablative
macholtasi
machoiltasi
allative
machollesi
machoillesi
essive
machonasi
machoinasi
translative
machoksesi
machoiksesi
abessive
machottasi
machoittasi
instructive
comitative
—machoinesi
first-person plural possessor
singular
plural
nominative
machomme
machomme
accusative
nom.
machomme
machomme
gen.
machomme
genitive
machomme
machojemme
partitive
machoamme
machojamme
inessive
machossamme
machoissamme
elative
machostamme
machoistamme
illative
machoomme
machoihimme
adessive
machollamme
machoillamme
ablative
macholtamme
machoiltamme
allative
machollemme
machoillemme
essive
machonamme
machoinamme
translative
machoksemme
machoiksemme
abessive
machottamme
machoittamme
instructive
comitative
—machoinemme
second-person plural possessor
singular
plural
nominative
machonne
machonne
accusative
nom.
machonne
machonne
gen.
machonne
genitive
machonne
machojenne
partitive
machoanne
machojanne
inessive
machossanne
machoissanne
elative
machostanne
machoistanne
illative
machoonne
machoihinne
adessive
machollanne
machoillanne
ablative
macholtanne
machoiltanne
allative
machollenne
machoillenne
essive
machonanne
machoinanne
translative
machoksenne
machoiksenne
abessive
machottanne
machoittanne
instructive
comitative
—machoinenne
third-person possessor
singular
plural
nominative
machonsa
machonsa
accusative
nom.
machonsa
machonsa
gen.
machonsa
genitive
machonsa
machojensa
partitive
machoaan machoansa
machojaan machojansa
inessive
machossaan machossansa
machoissaan machoissansa
elative
machostaan machostansa
machoistaan machoistansa
illative
machoonsa
machoihinsa
adessive
machollaan machollansa
machoillaan machoillansa
ablative
macholtaan macholtansa
machoiltaan machoiltansa
allative
macholleen machollensa
machoilleen machoillensa
essive
machonaan machonansa
machoinaan machoinansa
translative
machokseen machoksensa
machoikseen machoiksensa
abessive
machottaan machottansa
machoittaan machoittansa
instructive
comitative
—machoineen machoinensa :

### Noun

macho
* macho

#### Declension

Possessive forms of macho (Kotus type 1/valo, no gradation) :
first-person singular possessor
singular
plural
nominative
machoni
machoni
accusative
nom.
machoni
machoni
gen.
machoni
genitive
machoni
machojeni
partitive
machoani
machojani
inessive
machossani
machoissani
elative
machostani
machoistani
illative
machooni
machoihini
adessive
machollani
machoillani
ablative
macholtani
machoiltani
allative
macholleni
machoilleni
essive
machonani
machoinani
translative
machokseni
machoikseni
abessive
machottani
machoittani
instructive
comitative
—machoineni
second-person singular possessor
singular
plural
nominative
machosi
machosi
accusative
nom.
machosi
machosi
gen.
machosi
genitive
machosi
machojesi
partitive
machoasi
machojasi
inessive
machossasi
machoissasi
elative
machostasi
machoistasi
illative
machoosi
machoihisi
adessive
machollasi
machoillasi
ablative
macholtasi
machoiltasi
allative
machollesi
machoillesi
essive
machonasi
machoinasi
translative
machoksesi
machoiksesi
abessive
machottasi
machoittasi
instructive
comitative
—machoinesi
first-person plural possessor
singular
plural
nominative
machomme
machomme
accusative
nom.
machomme
machomme
gen.
machomme
genitive
machomme
machojemme
partitive
machoamme
machojamme
inessive
machossamme
machoissamme
elative
machostamme
machoistamme
illative
machoomme
machoihimme
adessive
machollamme
machoillamme
ablative
macholtamme
machoiltamme
allative
machollemme
machoillemme
essive
machonamme
machoinamme
translative
machoksemme
machoiksemme
abessive
machottamme
machoittamme
instructive
comitative
—machoinemme
second-person plural possessor
singular
plural
nominative
machonne
machonne
accusative
nom.
machonne
machonne
gen.
machonne
genitive
machonne
machojenne
partitive
machoanne
machojanne
inessive
machossanne
machoissanne
elative
machostanne
machoistanne
illative
machoonne
machoihinne
adessive
machollanne
machoillanne
ablative
macholtanne
machoiltanne
allative
machollenne
machoillenne
essive
machonanne
machoinanne
translative
machoksenne
machoiksenne
abessive
machottanne
machoittanne
instructive
comitative
—machoinenne
third-person possessor
singular
plural
nominative
machonsa
machonsa
accusative
nom.
machonsa
machonsa
gen.
machonsa
genitive
machonsa
machojensa
partitive
machoaan machoansa
machojaan machojansa
inessive
machossaan machossansa
machoissaan machoissansa
elative
machostaan machostansa
machoistaan machoistansa
illative
machoonsa
machoihinsa
adessive
machollaan machollansa
machoillaan machoillansa
ablative
macholtaan macholtansa
machoiltaan machoiltansa
allative
macholleen machollensa
machoilleen machoillensa
essive
machonaan machonansa
machoinaan machoinansa
translative
machokseen machoksensa
machoikseen machoiksensa
abessive
machottaan machottansa
machoittaan machoittansa
instructive
comitative
—machoineen machoinensa :

#### Derived terms

* machoilla
* machomies

### Further reading

* “macho”, in Kielitoimiston sanakirja [Dictionary of Contemporary Finnish]‎ (in Finnish) (online dictionary, continuously updated), Kotimaisten kielten keskuksen verkkojulkaisuja 35, Helsinki: Kotimaisten kielten tutkimuskeskus (Institute for the Languages of Finland), 2004–, retrieved 2023-07-03

## French
### Etymology

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

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /mat.ʃo/
* Audio:(file)

### Noun

macho m (plural machos)
* One who is excessively or aggressively masculine or misogynistic; a chauvinist
    Synonym: machiste

#### Derived terms

* machisme
* machiste

### Further reading

* “macho”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.

### Anagrams

* chôma

## Galician
### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈmat͡ʃo/ [ˈma̠.t͡ʃʊ]
* Audio:(file)
* Rhymes: -atʃo
* Hyphenation: ma‧cho

### Etymology 1

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

#### Adjective

macho m or f (plural machos)
* male

#### Noun

macho m (plural machos)
* 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 femeasItem, 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
    Coordinate term: femia
* stud
* mule
** c. 1771, anonymous, Rosario Álvarez, Ernesto González, editors, Décima xiringatoria‎:Endemal! non falás rouco, mais eu à tanto desfacho, (como dixo ô ôutro) a macho que hè lerdo, arrieiro louco. Por moito que eu malle, hè pouco; que a quen do principio aò cabo, sin fazer caso do crabo, tàs peras tira meu frade, conven (xiquera à semade) que lle zorreguen ô rabo.Alas! you don't speak rough, but I, to such impertinence, as they say, to dumb mule, mad muleteer. No matter how much I strike, is not enough; because to whom, beginning to end, not paying attention to the nail, your pears drop, my friar, it is advisable (at least summarily) that they whip their tail
* piece which enters into another

##### Derived terms

* machismo
* machista

##### Related terms

* masculino

### Etymology 2

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

#### Noun

macho m (plural machos)
* (regional) rammer

### References

* Ernesto Xosé González Seoane, María Álvarez de la Granja, Ana Isabel Boullón Agrelo (2006–2022) “macho”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios do galego medieval (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
* Xavier Varela Barreiro, Xavier Gómez Guinovart (2006–2018) “macho”, in Corpus Xelmírez - Corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
* Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, editor (2006–2013), “macho”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega [Dictionary of Dictionaries of the Galician language] (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
* Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, Ernesto Xosé González Seoane, María Álvarez de la Granja, editors (2003–2018), “macho”, in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
* Rosario Álvarez Blanco, editor (2014–2024), “macho”, in Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega, →ISSN
* ↑ Joan Coromines, José A[ntonio] Pascual (1983–1991) “macho II”, in Diccionario crítico etimológico castellano e hispánico [Critic Castilian and Hispanic Etymological Dictionary] (in Spanish), Madrid: Gredos

## Italian
### Etymology

Borrowed from Spanish macho. Doublet of maschio.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈma.t͡ʃo/
* Rhymes: -atʃo
* Hyphenation: mà‧cho

### Adjective

macho (invariable)
* macho

### Noun

macho m (invariable)
* macho

### Further reading

* macho in Collins Italian-English Dictionary
* macho in Luciano Canepari, Dizionario di Pronuncia Italiana (DiPI)
* macho in Aldo Gabrielli, Grandi Dizionario Italiano (Hoepli)
* macho in garzantilinguistica.it – Garzanti Linguistica, De Agostini Scuola Spa
* macho in Dizionario Italiano Olivetti, Olivetti Media Communication
* macho in sapere.it – De Agostini Editore
* macho in Treccani.it – Vocabolario Treccani on line, Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana

## Polish
### Etymology

Unadapted borrowing from Spanish macho.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈma.t͡ʂɔ/
* Rhymes: -at͡ʂɔ
* Syllabification: ma‧cho
* Homophone: matcho

### Noun

macho m pers (indeclinable)
* macho (macho person)

#### Related terms

* machismo

### Further reading

* macho in Wielki słownik języka polskiego, Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
* macho in Polish dictionaries at PWN

## Portuguese
### Etymology

Inherited from Old Galician-Portuguese macho, from Vulgar Latin masclus, contracted form of Latin masculus (“male”), from mās (“male, man”), -culus (diminutive suffix). Doublet of másculo.

### Pronunciation

* (Brazil) IPA: /ˈma.ʃu/
* (Brazil) IPA: /ˈma.ʃu/
** (Southern Brazil) IPA: /ˈma.ʃo/
* (Portugal) IPA: /ˈma.ʃu/
* (Portugal) IPA: /ˈma.ʃu/
** (Northern Portugal) IPA: /ˈma.t͡ʃu/
* Rhymes: -aʃu, (Northern Portugal) -at͡ʃu
* Hyphenation: ma‧cho

### Adjective

macho (feminine macha, masculine plural machos, feminine plural machas)
* male (belonging or referring to the sex having the smaller gametes)
    Synonym: masculino
    Coordinate terms: fêmeo, feminino
    Os pássaros machos tendem a ser mais coloridos.Male birds tend to be more colorful.
* macho; manly
    Synonyms: másculo, varonil, viril
    Antonyms: bicha, cagão, covarde, marica, mulherzinha
* male (of instruments or tools: designed to fit into or penetrate a “female” counterpart)

### Noun

macho m (plural machos)
* male
    Coordinate term: fêmea
* macho; manly man
    Antonyms: bicha, cagão, covarde, marica, mulherzinha
* (informal) man (especially in relationship-related contexts)

#### Related terms

* machão
* machismo
* machista
* masculinidade
* masculinizado
* masculinizar
* masculino
* másculo

#### Descendants

* Kabuverdianu: matchu

### Further reading

* “macho”, in iDicionário Aulete (in Portuguese), Rio de Janeiro: Lexikon Editora Digital, 2008–2025
* “macho”, in Dicionário inFormal (in Portuguese), 2006–2025
* “macho” in Dicionário Aberto based on Novo Diccionário da Língua Portuguesa de Cândido de Figueiredo, 1913
* “macho”, in Dicionário infopédia da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Porto: Porto Editora, 2003–2025
* “macho”, in Michaelis Dicionário Brasileiro da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), São Paulo: Editora Melhoramentos, 2015–2025
* “macho”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2025

## Romanian
### Etymology

Borrowed from Spanish macho or French macho.

### Noun

macho m (plural macho)
* macho

#### Declension
## Spanish
### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈmat͡ʃo/ [ˈma.t͡ʃo]
* Audio (Colombia):(file)
* Rhymes: -atʃo
* Syllabification: ma‧cho

### Etymology 1

Inherited from Old Spanish maslo, itself from Vulgar Latin māsclus, contracted form of Latin māsculus (“male”). Doublet of másculo.

#### Adjective

macho (feminine macha, masculine plural machos, feminine plural machas)
* male
* strong, brave
* (Costa Rica) blond, blonde
    Synonym: rubio

##### Usage notes

The use of the feminine forms macha and machas is restricted to sense 3. When used as an adjective specifying that an animal is male, macho traditionally is invariable for both gender and number: el pollo macho "the male chicken", los pollos macho "the male chickens", la jirafa macho "the male giraffe", las jirafas macho "the male giraffes". However, some speakers inflect the adjective for number, but not gender in this context, using the form "machos" in the plural, as in los pollos machos, las jirafas machos. To describe masculine women, other words such as marimacho and masculino are used.

##### Descendants

* → Cebuano: matso
* → Dutch: macho
* → English: macho
* → Japanese: マッチョ (matcho)
* → Swedish: macho
* → Tagalog: matso

##### References

* ↑ “género” in Diccionario panhispánico de dudas, segunda edición, Real Academia Española, 2023. →ISBN

#### Noun

macho m (plural machos)
* male
    Coordinate term: hembra
* (slang, Spain) dude

##### Derived terms

* dulce macho
* helecho macho
* machismo
* machista
* macho alfa
* macho cabrío
* machorra
* machota
* machote
* machuelo
* marimacho
* plátano macho
* yagrumo macho

##### Related terms

* masculino

#### Noun

macho m (plural machos, feminine macha, feminine plural machas)
* (Costa Rica) person with blond hair
    Synonym: rubio

### Etymology 2

Two alternative theories are:
* From Latin marculus (“hammer”), itself related to the base of malleus.
* Variant of mazo (“club”).

#### Noun

macho m (plural machos)
* sledgehammer
* anvil

### Etymology 3

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

#### Verb

macho
* first-person singular present indicative of machar

### Further reading

* “macho”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 2024 December 10

## Swahili
### Pronunciation

* Audio (Kenya):(file)

### Noun

macho
* plural of jicho

## Swedish
### Adjective

macho (comparative mer macho, superlative mest macho)
* macho

#### Usage notes

Uninflected.

### Noun

macho c
* a macho (macho person)

#### See also

* karlakarl

### References

* macho in Svensk ordbok (SO)
* macho in Svenska Akademiens ordlista (SAOL)