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BNC: 11273 COCA: 10772

macho

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macho /ˈmɑːtʃoʊ/ Brit /ˈmætʃəʊ/ adjective
macho
/ˈmɑːtʃoʊ/ Brit /ˈmætʃəʊ/
adjective
Learner's definition of MACHO
[more macho; most macho] often disapproving
: having or showing qualities (such as very noticeable strength and aggression) that agree with traditional ideas about what men are like : manly or masculine in a very noticeable or exaggerated way大男子的;大男子气的
BNC: 11273 COCA: 10772

macho

1 of 2

adjective

ma·​cho ˈmä-(ˌ)chō How to pronounce macho (audio)
: characterized by machismo : aggressively virile

macho

2 of 2

noun

plural machos
1
: one who exhibits machismo
2

Example Sentences

Adjective the macho world of football Noun their annual guys-only hunting trip is a celebration of macho
Recent Examples on the Web
Adjective
Harila is an unlikely superstar in the high-stakes and macho world of Himalayan mountaineering. Ben Ayers, Outside Online, 9 Aug. 2022 Power of the Dog, directed by Jane Campion, has been hailed as a masterwork for deconstructing the notion of masculinity against the backdrop of a traditionally macho genre. Joey Nolfi, EW.com, 7 Mar. 2022 John Welchman, distinguished professor of art history at the University of California San Diego, described Picasso as restless, passionate and macho. Martina Schimitschek, San Diego Union-Tribune, 24 July 2022 The most macho and seemingly indestructible of the Corleones is felled. Tim Grierson, Rolling Stone, 7 July 2022 Caan's on-screen, tough guy persona also set him up well to pull off comedic and often not-so-macho characters. Diana Dasrath, NBC News, 7 July 2022 Some, like Doris Lessing, created a tough, macho literary persona to keep up with the angry young men; others, like Elizabeth Smart, drank with and slept with them, writing for money rather than art. Joanna Scutts, The New Republic, 20 June 2022 The western tends to be macho fare, akin to the gangster movie in the genre universe. Chris Vognar, Los Angeles Times, 2 Mar. 2022 Now the focus in Wakanda is on female characters like Shuri (Letitia Wright) and Nakia (Lupita Nyong'o), who might react even more harshly to Namor's macho arrogance than T'Challa did. Christian Holub, EW.com, 14 July 2022
Noun
Chevy’s target is to make the ZR2 an all-around athlete with on-road manners, off-road macho (thus the Multimatics), 9,500-towing capability (thus the V-8) and low-speed rock crawling. Tribune News Service, cleveland, 23 Apr. 2022 In a country where passionate rhetoric and macho strutting led to ruin, her analytical detachment and lack of apparent ego are political strengths. Margaret Talbot, The New Yorker, 11 Aug. 2021 In a country where passionate rhetoric and macho strutting led to ruin, her analytical detachment and lack of apparent ego are political strengths. Margaret Talbot, The New Yorker, 11 Aug. 2021 The managerial macho that prevailed presumed that tough accountability could improve performance, regardless of whether the manager had industry knowledge. Fortune, 12 Nov. 2021 In a country where passionate rhetoric and macho strutting led to ruin, her analytical detachment and lack of apparent ego are political strengths. Margaret Talbot, The New Yorker, 11 Aug. 2021 In a country where passionate rhetoric and macho strutting led to ruin, her analytical detachment and lack of apparent ego are political strengths. Margaret Talbot, The New Yorker, 11 Aug. 2021 In a country where passionate rhetoric and macho strutting led to ruin, her analytical detachment and lack of apparent ego are political strengths. Margaret Talbot, The New Yorker, 11 Aug. 2021 In a country where passionate rhetoric and macho strutting led to ruin, her analytical detachment and lack of apparent ego are political strengths. Margaret Talbot, The New Yorker, 11 Aug. 2021 See More

Word History

Etymology

Adjective

Spanish, literally, male, from Latin masculus — more at masculine

First Known Use

Adjective

1928, in the meaning defined above

Noun

1951, in the meaning defined at sense 1

Time Traveler
The first known use of macho was in 1928
BNC: 11273 COCA: 10772

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