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   macho

   /ˈmatʃəʊ/

   adjective

   • 1. masculine in an overly assertive or aggressive way: "the big macho tough guy"

   noun

   • 1. a man who is masculine in an overly assertive or aggressive way: "I realized just what a macho I was at heart" Similar red-blooded malemacho manmusclemaninformal:he-mantough guystudvulgar slang:cocksmanOpposite wimp
   • ▪ machismo. Similar (aggressive) masculinitymachismotoughnesstoxic masculinitychauvinismmale chauvinismsexismladdishnessvirilitymanliness

   Word Origin 1940s: Spanish, ‘male, masculine’, from Latin masculus.

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   What is a Macho Man?

   • In gay art during the 1970s and 1980s, a 48-macho, phallocentric style of drawing was popular, which reinforced the desirability of the muscular, macho body. This style was known as 'Mucho Macho Man'.

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   What is macho adjective?

   • Definition of macho adjective from the Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary male in an aggressive way He's too macho to ever admit he was wrong. The Oxford Learner’s Thesaurus explains the difference between groups of similar words. Try it for free as part of the Oxford Advanced Learner’s Dictionary app

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   What is a Hispanic Macho?

   • On the contrary, the Hispanic macho embodies positive qualities. “’ [E]s muy macho’ the women in out Guilbault. For them, a macho is “manly, responsible, hardworking, a man in charge, a patriarch. A man who expresses strength through silence. “Whereas in English, the word macho devalues Latin men, in Spanish it “ennobles” them.

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   Where did the word macho come from?

   • macho term seems to have been taken from: bullfighting. sented in the image of the torero and the bull facing each other in the arena. This is probably the borrowing context of the word under scrutiny. Algeo (1996:24) finds out already in use in American English. Cotton and Sharp (1996:209) posit that in “the folk

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3. dictionary.cambridge.org › dictionary › englishMACHO | English meaning - Cambridge Dictionary

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   Macho is an informal adjective that means behaving forcefully or showing no emotion in a way traditionally thought to be typical of a man. Learn more about the meaning, synonyms, and usage of macho with examples from the Cambridge English Corpus.

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     MACHO meaning: 1. behaving forcefully or showing no emotion...

   • Macho: Japanese Translation

     MACHO translate: 男らしい, マッチョな, 男性的（だんせいてき）な. Learn more in...

   • Znaczenie Macho, Definicja W Cambridge English Dictionary

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     macho translate: 남자다움을 강조하는. Learn more in the Cambridge...

   • Macho: Russian Translation

     macho translate: мужественный . Learn more in the Cambridge...

   • Macho: Arabic Translation

     MACHO translate: فَحْل. Learn more in the Cambridge...

4. www.dictionary.com › browse › machoMACHO Definition & Meaning - Dictionary.com

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   Macho is an adjective or noun that describes a man who displays pride in masculine qualities, such as strength, sexual appetite, or dominance. It comes from Spanish and Latin words for male or masculine. See how to use macho in sentences and learn its history and synonyms.

5. www.merriam-webster.com › dictionary › machoMacho Definition & Meaning - Merriam-Webster

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   Macho is an adjective or noun that describes someone who exhibits machismo, a form of masculinity that is aggressive and virile. Learn the synonyms, examples, word history, and phrases of macho from Merriam-Webster.

6. www.collinsdictionary.com › dictionary › englishMACHO definition and meaning | Collins English Dictionary

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   Macho is an informal adjective that describes men who are very proud of their masculinity. It can also be a noun that refers to a man who displays such characteristics or machismo.

7. dictionary.cambridge.org › us › dictionaryMACHO | definition in the Cambridge English Dictionary

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   Macho is an informal adjective that means behaving forcefully or showing no emotion in a way traditionally thought to be typical of a man. Learn how to use it in sentences, see synonyms and contrast it with irony, and find translations in different languages.

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   A man who's aggressively masculine can be described as macho. A boxer might try to intimidate his opponent by walking into the ring with a macho swagger. To be macho is to display a tough, fierce, overly confident facade.

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   Learn the meaning, pronunciation and usage of the adjective macho, which means male in an aggressive way. See examples, synonyms and related topics in the Oxford dictionary.