machismo

See also: Machismo

English

Etymology

First attested 1940, from American Spanish machismo, from Spanish macho (“male”), + suffix -ismo (“-ism”).

Pronunciation
  • (US) IPA(key): /mɑːˈt͡ʃiz.moʊ/, /məˈt͡ʃiz.moʊ/
  • (UK) IPA(key): /məˈkɪz.məʊ/ (due to a mistaken idea that it comes from Italian)
  • Audio (Southern England)(file)
  • Rhymes: -ɪzməʊ

Noun

machismo (usually uncountable, plural machismos)

  1. exaggerated masculinity
    • September 1971, Germaine Greer, "My Mailer Problem", in Esquire
      The tragedy of machismo is that a man is never quite man enough.

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Galician

Etymology

macho (“male”) +‎ -ismo

Pronunciation
  • Rhymes: -izmo

Noun

machismo m (plural machismos)

  1. male chauvinism, machismo, misogyny, sexism

Italian

Noun

machismo m (plural machismi)

  1. machismo

Portuguese

Pronunciation
 
  • (Brazil) IPA(key): /maˈʃiz.mu/
    • (Rio de Janeiro) IPA(key): /maˈʃiʒ.mu/
    • (Southern Brazil) IPA(key): /maˈʃiz.mo/

  • Hyphenation: ma‧chis‧mo

Noun

machismo m (plural machismos)

  1. male chauvinism, bigotry against women
  2. machismo

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Spanish

Etymology

macho (“male”) +‎ -ismo

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /maˈt͡ʃismo/ [maˈt͡ʃiz.mo]
  • Rhymes: -ismo
  • Syllabification: ma‧chis‧mo

Noun

machismo m (plural machismos)

  1. male chauvinism, machismo, misogyny, sexism (a belief in the innate superiority of men over women)
    Antonym: hembrismo

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