machismo
pronunciation
How to pronounce machismo in British English:
UK [məˈtʃɪzməʊ]
How to pronounce machismo in American English:
US [mɑˈtʃizmoʊ]
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- Noun:
- exaggerated masculinity
Word Origin
- machismo (n.)
- 1940, from American Spanish machismo, from Spanish macho "male" (see macho) + ismo (see -ism).
Example
- 1. This kind of talk reduces men to insecure throwbacks with machismo and ego issues and women to conniving venal fools .
- 2. The job now is to explain to russia that this may not have been such a victory for machismo , after all .
- 3. In fact , it is about more than machismo .
- 4. Foes have mocked the counterfeit machismo of his promise to " kick ass " .
- 5. But brazilian machismo can be surprisingly easy to ignore . That may be because for men , too , work has never been better .