macho

Etymology
, from. .

Adjective

 * 1)  Masculine in an overly assertive or aggressive way.

Translations

 * Dutch:
 * Finnish: ,
 * French:
 * German: machomäßig
 * Hebrew:
 * Hungarian:, macsós,
 * Italian:
 * Japanese: マッチョ
 * Spanish:
 * Swedish:
 * Turkish:

Noun

 * 1) A macho person; a man who is masculine in an overly assertive or aggressive way.
 * 2) Machismo
 * 3) The striped mullet of California (, syn. ).
 * 4) A male llama.
 * 1) Machismo
 * 2) The striped mullet of California (, syn. ).
 * 3) A male llama.
 * 1) The striped mullet of California (, syn. ).
 * 2) A male llama.

Translations

 * Chinese:
 * Mandarin:, 大男人
 * Czech: macho
 * Finnish: ,
 * French:
 * German: ,
 * Italian:
 * Japanese: マッチョ, たくましい男
 * Polish:
 * Portuguese:
 * Russian:, , , настоя́щий мужчи́на, круто́й па́рень
 * Spanish:
 * Swedish:
 * Turkish: ,


 * German: Lamahengst
 * Swedish: lamahingst
 * Volapük: hilamad

Etymology
.

Adjective

 * 1) macho pertaining to machismo

Noun

 * 1) A macho male.

Etymology
From.

Adjective

 * 1) macho

Noun

 * 1) macho

Etymology
, from. .

Noun

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

Etymology 1
Attested from the 13th century. From, contracted form of. Cognate with 🇨🇬 and 🇨🇬.

Adjective

 * 1) male

Noun

 * 1) male
 * 2) * 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:
 * "gl"

- 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


 * 1) stud
 * 2) mule
 * 3) piece which enters into another
 * 1) piece which enters into another
 * 1) piece which enters into another

Etymology 2
From, probably from , a diminutive of.

Noun

 * 1)  rammer

Etymology
..

Etymology
.

Etymology
, from, contracted form of , from ,. .

Adjective

 * 1) male belonging or referring to the sex having the smaller gametes
 * 2) ; manly
 * 3) male
 * 1) ; manly
 * 2) male
 * 1) male
 * 1) male
 * 1) male

Noun

 * 1) male
 * 2) ; manly man
 * 3)  man (especially in relationship-related contexts)
 * 1)  man (especially in relationship-related contexts)
 * 1)  man (especially in relationship-related contexts)

Etymology
or.

Etymology 1
, itself from, contracted form of. .

Adjective

 * 1) male
 * 2) strong, brave
 * 3)  blond, blonde

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 and  are used. The feminine forms  and  are rare, but exist for sense 3.

Noun

 * 1) male
 * 2)  dude
 * 1)  dude

Etymology 2
Two alternative theories are:
 * From, a diminutive of , itself related to the base of.
 * Variant of.

Noun

 * 1) sledgehammer
 * 2) anvil

Noun

 * 1)  person with blond hair

Usage notes
Uninflected.

Noun

 * 1) a  (macho person)