MACHO
What does "MACHO" mean?
Showing aggressive or exaggerated masculinity or pride.
Meanings
- Characterized by ostentatious or aggressive masculine pride or toughness. He was too macho to admit the directions were wrong.
- A man who displays such exaggerated masculinity. The bar was full of machos comparing scars. informal
Did you know?
- 'Macho' and 'masculine' are cousins: both descend from Latin 'masculus' ('male'), but 'macho' took the long way through Spanish before English borrowed it in the 20th century with its swagger intact.
Word origin
From Spanish 'macho', 'male, masculine', from Latin 'masculus', 'male'; entered English in the 20th century, carrying the sense of assertive or exaggerated manliness.
Remember it
MACHO sounds like 'much-o' - the man who insists on being so much too much.
A little poem
He carried both the bags to prove a point,
then iced the macho shoulder out of joint.
couplet
Wordplay
- He was too macho to ask for directions, so we toured the whole county. He called it scenic; the GPS called it Tuesday.
What it teaches
Real strength has nothing to prove; the louder the swagger, the smaller the certainty underneath.
Quick facts
What does MACHO mean?
Showing aggressive or exaggerated masculinity or pride.
Is MACHO a valid word?
Yes — MACHO is one of the answer words in Wordul, the daily word game.
How many letters is MACHO?
MACHO has 5 letters and 2 syllables.
Where does MACHO come from?
From Spanish 'macho', 'male, masculine', from Latin 'masculus', 'male'; entered English in the 20th century, carrying the sense of assertive or exaggerated manliness.
What can MACHO teach us?
Real strength has nothing to prove; the louder the swagger, the smaller the certainty underneath.
How players do
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