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Meanings of macho in English

Used of men; markedly masculine in appearance or manner.

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Usage of macho in English
1
What do boys lose when brought up to believe in macho ideals?
The Guardian
2
They consistently put out groundbreaking images: macho but camp, feminine but hard.
The Guardian
3
What is meant to look macho is actually the cringe of panic.
The Guardian
4
Home birth: unbridled agony promoted by macho women and their atavistic midwives.
The Guardian
5
So drop the macho act and tell me who you're working for.
Shift
6
Marco is a macho sort, so he and Eddie get along fine.
The Guardian
7
The military always makes ludicrously extravagant propaganda claims about their macho prowess.
The Naked God
8
Unusually for this macho cowboy genre, O'Malley carried a dainty two-shot Derringer.
The Irish Times
9
He might make his engine shine, But he's still a macho swine.
News.com.au
10
Silvio, whose genitals have been blown of affects a macho, dominant persona.
The Irish Times
11
Some may find its macho, low-brow tone and slightly repetitive carnage wearying.
The Irish Times
12
Crowe turned, and I realized that macho would not be an issue.
Fatal Voyage
13
Chad wasn't the kind of man who needed to play macho games.
Too close to home
14
Don't give us that alpha-male-macho, save-the-women-and-children-first schtick! I pointed at the magazine.
Stand by your hitman
15
Or they will rebel, reaching out in exaggerated behavior and macho crudity.
The Disposable Male
16
Women and French intellectuals denounced the championship as macho, vulgar and capitalist.
The Irish Times
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Macho across language varieties
Ireland
Common
United States of America
Common
United Kingdom
Less common