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5-letter words (2 found)

MACHO,MOCHA,

4-letter words (7 found)

CAMO,CHAM,CHAO,COMA,HOMA,MACH,MOCH,

3-letter words (16 found)

ACH,CAM,CHA,HAM,HAO,HOA,HOC,HOM,MAC,MHO,MOA,MOC,OCA,OCH,OHM,OMA,

2-letter words (10 found)

AH,AM,CH,HA,HM,HO,MA,MO,OH,OM,

You can make 35 words from macho according to the Scrabble US and Canada dictionary.

All 5 letters words made out of macho

macho amcho mcaho cmaho acmho camho mahco amhco mhaco hmaco ahmco hamco mchao cmhao mhcao hmcao chmao hcmao achmo cahmo ahcmo hacmo chamo hcamo macoh amcoh mcaoh cmaoh acmoh camoh maoch amoch moach omach aomch oamch mcoah cmoah mocah omcah comah ocmah acomh caomh aocmh oacmh coamh ocamh mahoc amhoc mhaoc hmaoc ahmoc hamoc maohc amohc moahc omahc aomhc oamhc mhoac hmoac mohac omhac homac ohmac ahomc haomc aohmc oahmc hoamc ohamc mchoa cmhoa mhcoa hmcoa chmoa hcmoa mcoha cmoha mocha omcha comha ocmha mhoca hmoca mohca omhca homca ohmca choma hcoma cohma ochma hocma ohcma achom cahom ahcom hacom chaom hcaom acohm caohm aochm oachm coahm ocahm ahocm haocm aohcm oahcm hoacm ohacm choam hcoam coham ocham hocam ohcam

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Definitions and meaning of macho

macho

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

  • (UK) IPA(key): /ˈmæt͡ʃ.əʊ/
  • (US) IPA(key): /ˈmɑ.t͡ʃoʊ/
  • Rhymes: -ætʃəʊ, -ɑːtʃəʊ

Adjective

macho (comparative more macho, superlative most macho)

  1. (informal) Masculine in an overly assertive or aggressive way.
    macho culture

Translations

Noun

macho (plural machos)

  1. 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
  2. Machismo
  3. The striped mullet of California (Mugil cephalus, syn. Mugil mexicanus).
  4. A male llama.
    Coordinate term: hembra

Derived terms

Translations

Related terms

  • machismo

See also

  • masculinist

Anagrams

  • Mocha, mocha

Dutch

Etymology

Borrowed from Spanish macho.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈmɑ.tʃoː/
  • Hyphenation: ma‧cho

Adjective

macho (comparative meer macho, superlative meest macho)

  1. macho (pertaining to machismo)

Inflection

Derived terms

  • machoman

Noun

macho m (plural macho's)

  1. A macho male.

Finnish

Etymology

From Spanish macho.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈmɑtʃo/, [ˈmɑ̝t̪ʃo̞]

Adjective

macho (comparative machompi, superlative machoin)

  1. macho

Declension

Noun

macho

  1. macho

Declension

Derived terms

Further reading

  • “macho”, in Kielitoimiston sanakirja [Dictionary of Contemporary Finnish]‎[4] (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(key): /mat.ʃo/

Noun

macho m (plural machos)

  1. 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(key): /ˈmat͡ʃo/ [ˈma̠.t͡ʃʊ]
  • 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)

  1. male

Noun

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:
    Coordinate term: femia
  2. stud
  3. mule
  4. 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)

  1. (regional) rammer

References

  • “macho” in Dicionario de Dicionarios do galego medieval, SLI - ILGA 2006–2022.
  • “macho” in Xavier Varela Barreiro & Xavier Gómez Guinovart: Corpus Xelmírez - Corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval. SLI / Grupo TALG / ILG, 2006–2018.
  • “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.

Italian

Etymology

Borrowed from Spanish macho. Doublet of maschio.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈma.t͡ʃo/
  • Rhymes: -atʃo
  • Hyphenation: mà‧cho

Adjective

macho (invariable)

  1. macho

Noun

macho m (invariable)

  1. 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(key): /ˈma.t͡ʂɔ/
  • Rhymes: -at͡ʂɔ
  • Syllabification: ma‧cho
  • Homophone: matcho

Noun

macho m pers (indeclinable)

  1. macho (macho person)

Related terms

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

  • Rhymes: -aʃu, (Northern Portugal) -at͡ʃu
  • Hyphenation: ma‧cho

Adjective

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

  1. male (belonging or referring to the sex having the smaller gametes)
    Synonym: masculino
    Coordinate terms: 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)

Noun

macho m (plural machos)

  1. male
    Coordinate term: fêmea
  2. macho; manly man
    Antonyms: bicha, cagão, covarde, marica, mulherzinha
  3. (informal) man (especially in relationship-related contexts)

Related terms

Descendants

  • Kabuverdianu: matchu

Further reading

  • “macho” in iDicionário Aulete.
  • “macho” in Dicionário inFormal.
  • “macho” in Dicionário Aberto based on Novo Diccionário da Língua Portuguesa de Cândido de Figueiredo, 1913
  • “macho” in Dicionário infopédia da Língua Portuguesa. Porto: Porto Editora, 2003–2024.
  • “macho” in Michaelis Dicionário Brasileiro da Língua Portuguesa.
  • “macho” in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa.

Romanian

Etymology

Borrowed from Spanish macho or French macho.

Noun

macho m (plural macho)

  1. macho

Declension

Spanish

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈmat͡ʃo/ [ˈma.t͡ʃo]
  • 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)

  1. male
  2. strong, brave
  3. (Costa Rica) blond, blonde
    Synonym: rubio
Usage notes
  • 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 use the form "machos" with plural agreement marked by adding the suffix -s to the adjective: los pollos machos, las jirafas machos.
  • To describe masculine women, other words such as marimacho and masculino are used. The feminine forms macha and machas are rare, but exist for sense 3.
Descendants
References

Noun

macho m (plural machos)

  1. male
    Coordinate term: hembra
  2. (slang, Spain) dude
Derived terms
Related terms

Etymology 2

Two alternative theories are:

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

Noun

macho m (plural machos)

  1. sledgehammer
  2. anvil

Etymology 3

Noun

macho m (plural machos, feminine macha, feminine plural machas)

  1. (Costa Rica) person with blond hair
    Synonym: rubio

Etymology 4

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Verb

macho

  1. first-person singular present indicative of machar

Further reading

  • “macho”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014

Swahili

Pronunciation

Noun

macho

  1. plural of jicho

Swedish

Adjective

macho (comparative mer macho, superlative mest macho)

  1. macho

Usage notes

Uninflected.

Noun

macho c

  1. a macho (macho person)

Declension

See also

  • karlakarl

References

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

Source: wiktionary.org