Standard Lemma guide

machismo

noun · 3 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

Definitions and examples are grouped by meaning. Pronunciation, history, word forms, translations, descendants, synonyms, antonyms, derived terms, and related words appear whenever the source provides them.

Sound

Pronunciation

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  • US: /mɑːˈt͡ʃiz.moʊ/
  • US: /məˈt͡ʃiz.moʊ/
  • UK: /mæˈt͡ʃɪz.məʊ/
  • UK: /məˈkɪz.məʊ/
  • Southern-England: Recorded audio is listed in the source snapshot.
  • rhymes with -ɪzməʊ
  • CMU ARPABET: M AH0 CH IH1 Z M OW0 Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.
  • CMU ARPABET 2: M AH0 K IH1 Z M OW0 Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.

1

noun

Meaning 1

An excessive masculine pride, exaggerated masculinity.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: informal, uncountable, usually

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

2

noun

Meaning 2

Male chauvinism, misogyny.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: uncountable, usually

Qualifier: Latin American

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

3

noun

Meaning 3

exaggerated masculinity

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: masculinity

History

Etymology

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

Across languages

Translations

21 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Basque: matxismo — exaggerated masculinity
  • Catalan: masclisme — exaggerated masculinity
  • Chinese Mandarin: 大男子主義 /大男子主义 (dànánzǐzhǔyì) — exaggerated masculinity
  • Esperanto: maĉismo — exaggerated masculinity
  • Finnish: miehevyys — exaggerated masculinity
  • Finnish: machoilu — exaggerated masculinity
  • French: machisme — exaggerated masculinity
  • Galician: machismo — exaggerated masculinity
  • Georgian: მაჩიზმი (mačizmi) — exaggerated masculinity
  • German: Machismo — exaggerated masculinity
  • Icelandic: karlremba — exaggerated masculinity
  • Italian: machismo — exaggerated masculinity
  • Italian: maschilismo — exaggerated masculinity
  • Italian: gallismo — exaggerated masculinity
  • Japanese: マッチョ — exaggerated masculinity
  • Latin: masculismus — exaggerated masculinity
  • Polish: machismo — exaggerated masculinity
  • Portuguese: machismo — exaggerated masculinity
  • Russian: мачи́зм (mačízm) — exaggerated masculinity
  • Spanish: machismo — exaggerated masculinity
  • Tagalog: matsismo — exaggerated masculinity