macho
/ˈmæt͡ʃ.əʊ/US/ˈmɑ.t͡ʃoʊ/
macho adjective: masculine in an overly assertive or aggressive way. Very masculine.
Adjective
macho (comparative more macho, superlative most macho)
- Masculine in an overly assertive or aggressive way. Very masculine.
- macho culture
- 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.1997, George Carlin, “SPORTS ROUNDUP”, in Brain Droppings, New York: Hyperion Books, →ISBN, page 56
Noun (1)
macho (plural machos)
- A macho person; a man who is masculine in an overly assertive or aggressive way.
- You can tell a macho, he has a funky walk / His western shirts and leather, always look so boss1978, “Macho Man”, performed by Village People
- A very masculine man.
- Synonyms:
- hypermasculine, Chad, hombre, he-man, jock, macho man, man among men, manimal
- Machismo
- […] about how the military is anti-gay and uses intimidation and peer pressure. How it promotes a sense of false macho and patriotism.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
- 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.1981, Frank Rector, The Nazi Extermination of Homosexuals, page 33
- The striped mullet of California (Mugil cephalus, syn. Mugil mexicanus).
- A male llama.
Noun (2) capitalized: MACHO
MACHO (plural MACHOs)
- Initialism of massive astrophysical compact halo object.
macho meaning in Hindi, Tamil, Marathi and Bengali
macho in Hindi
- माचो
macho in Tamil
- மாச்சோ
macho in Marathi
- माचो
macho in Bengali
- মাচো
More languagesFewer languages
- macho in Telugu
- మాచో
- macho in Malayalam
- മാച്ചോ, മാചോ
- macho in Kannada
- ಮಾಚೋ
- macho in Gujarati
- માચો
- macho in Odia
- ମାଚୋ
- macho in Nepali
- माचो
Examples of macho in a sentence
- He revved the engine in a rather macho style.
- He is playing the macho cowboy who just rode into town.
- A wholly British phenomenon, ladettism had unlikely roots in a macho, working-class subculture.
Synonyms of macho
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Forms of macho
| Adjective | |
|---|---|
| comparative | more macho |
| superlative | most macho |
| Noun | |
| plural | machos |
| plural | MACHOs |
Origin of macho
Borrowed from Spanish macho (“male”), from Latin masculus. Doublet of male.
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Questions about macho
- What does macho mean?
- Macho means masculine in an overly assertive or aggressive way. Very masculine.
- What is macho in Hindi?
- Macho in Hindi is माचो. See Macho meaning in Hindi.
- What part of speech is macho?
- Macho can be an adjective or a noun.
- How do you pronounce macho?
- Macho is pronounced /ˈmæt͡ʃ.əʊ/ (UK).
Words near macho in the dictionary
Source and license
Adapted from Wiktionary: macho (page history and authors); MACHO (page history and authors); macho (Hindi, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); macho (Tamil, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); macho (Marathi, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); macho (Bengali, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); macho (Telugu, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); macho (Malayalam, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); macho (Kannada, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); macho (Gujarati, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); macho (Odia, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); macho (Nepali, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
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