Dictionary

machismo en · NOUN

Pronunciation

• /məˈkɪz.məʊ/ (UK)
• (Southern-England) audio
• /mɑːˈt͡ʃiz.moʊ/ (US)
• /mæˈt͡ʃɪz.məʊ/ (UK)
• /məˈt͡ʃiz.moʊ/ (US)

Etymology

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

Meanings

1. (informal, uncountable, usually) An excessive masculine pride, exaggerated masculinity.
   • The tragedy of machismo is that a man is never quite man enough. 1971 September 14, Germaine Greer, “My Mailer Problem”, in Esquire:
   • With machismo, Christian nationalism and callousness toward the lives of US troops, they say, Hegseth’s puerile displays on TV are aimed at sating Trump’s desire for a warmonger worthy of the manosphere. 2026 March 8, David Smith, “‘A very dangerous person’: alarm as Pete Hegseth revels in carnage of Iran war”, in The Guardian, →ISSN:
2. (qualifier:Latin American, uncountable, usually) Male chauvinism, misogyny.
   • The Dominican Republic is traditionally regarded as a patriarchal island brimming with machismo — where, indeed, a recent U.S. ambassador was publicly vilified for bringing his husband to his posting. It was, and is, an unlikely place to find an enclave of acceptance. So what explains this unique tolerance? 2017, Sarah A. Topol, “Sons and Daughters”, in Harper's Magazine:
   • PSP [Puerto Rican Socialist Party] spokesperson Victor Lopez-Tosado told GCN: "[…] The party is mainly organized in a Latin American country where oppression, as a result of machismo, etc., to homosexuals is very common." 1979 April 7, Rebecca Chase, “PSP Supports Gay Rights”, in Gay Community News, page 1:

Forms

Coordinates

femismo

Deriveds

antimachismo

Relateds

macho · machoistically · machoism · machoistic · marianismo · braggadocio · masculinism · testeria

Synonyms

machoism · machoness

Translations (21)

it machismo (exaggerated masculinity) · it gallismo (exaggerated masculinity) · gl machismo (exaggerated masculinity) · it maschilismo (exaggerated masculinity) · ca masclisme (exaggerated masculinity) · es machismo (exaggerated masculinity) · ja マッチョ (exaggerated masculinity) · fi machoilu (exaggerated masculinity) · is karlremba (exaggerated masculinity) · cmn 大男子主義 /大男子主义 (exaggerated masculinity) · la masculismus (exaggerated masculinity) · de Machismo (exaggerated masculinity) · pl machismo (exaggerated masculinity) · fi miehevyys (exaggerated masculinity) · tl matsismo (exaggerated masculinity) · ru мачи́зм (exaggerated masculinity) · pt machismo (exaggerated masculinity) · fr machisme (exaggerated masculinity) · eo maĉismo (exaggerated masculinity) · eu matxismo (exaggerated masculinity) · ka მაჩიზმი (exaggerated masculinity)