Definitions for machoˈmɑ tʃoʊ

Random House Webster's College Dictionary

ma•choˈmɑ tʃoʊ(adj.; n.)(pl.)-chos.

(adj.)having or characterized by machismo.
Category: Common Vocabulary
Category: Common Vocabulary
Ref: machismo.
an assertively virile or domineering male.
Category: Common Vocabulary

Origin of macho:

1925–30, Amer.; < Sp: lit., male < L masculus

Princeton's WordNet

macho(adj)
a male exhibiting or characterized by machismo
butch, macho(adj)
used of men; markedly masculine in appearance or manner

Kernerman English Learner's Dictionary

macho(adjective)ˈmɑ tʃoʊ
strongly male, often in a way that is unpleasant or aggressive
his macho buddies at the gym

Wiktionary

macho(Noun)
A macho person; a person who tends to display manly characteristics, such as domineering, fierceness, and bravado.
macho(Noun)
The striped mullet of California (Mugil cephalus, / Mexicanus).
macho(Adjective)
tending to display manly characteristics, such as domineering, fierceness, bravado, etc., in ways that are showily and histrionically tough

Origin: From macho, from Latin masculus

Webster Dictionary

Macho(noun)
the striped mullet of California (Mugil cephalus, / Mexicanus)

Translations for macho

Kernerman English Multilingual Dictionary

male(adjective)

(a person, animal etc) of the sex having testes or an organ or organs performing a similar function; not (of) the sex which carries the young until birth etc

the male of the species; the male rabbit.