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machismo

English

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

  • (US) IPA(key): /m???t?iz.mo?/, /m??t?iz.mo?/
  • (UK) IPA(key): /m??k?z.m??/ (due to a mistaken idea that it comes from Italian)
  • Rhymes: -?zm??

Noun

machismo (usually uncountable, plural machismos)

  1. exaggerated masculinity
    • September 1971, Germaine Greer, "My Mailer Problem", in Esquire
      The tragedy of machismo is that a man is never quite man enough.

Synonyms

  • machoism
  • machoness

Coordinate terms

  • femismo (rare)

Related terms

  • macho
  • machoism
  • machoistic
  • machoistically

Translations

See also

  • braggadocio
  • marianismo
  • testeria

Anagrams

  • machoism

Galician

Etymology

macho (male) +? -ismo

Pronunciation

  • Rhymes: -izmo

Noun

machismo m (plural machismos)

  1. male chauvinism, machismo, misogyny, sexism

Related terms

  • machista
  • macho

Italian

Noun

machismo m (plural machismi)

  1. machismo

Portuguese

Noun

machismo m (plural machismos)

  1. male chauvinism, bigotry against women
  2. machismo

Antonyms

  • femismo

Related terms

  • macho

Spanish

Etymology

macho (male) +? -ismo

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ma?t??ismo/, [ma?t??iz.mo]
  • Rhymes: -ismo

Noun

machismo m (plural machismos)

  1. male chauvinism, machismo, misogyny, sexism
    Antonym: hembrismo

Related terms

  • machista
  • macho

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cojones

English

Etymology

Borrowed from Spanish cojones, plural of cojón (testicle), from Vulgar Latin *coleonem, accusative of coleo (testicle), from c?leus (sack, scrotum).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /k??ho??ne?s/, /k??ho?ni?z/

Noun

cojones pl (plural only)

  1. (slang, usually considered vulgar) testicles
  2. (slang, usually considered vulgar) balls, bollocks, courage, machismo, chutzpah

Translations

Anagrams

  • Conejos

Spanish

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ko?xones/, [ko?xo.nes]

Noun

cojones

  1. (vulgar, slang) testicles, plural of cojón
  2. (vulgar, slang) balls (courage)

Interjection

cojones

  1. (vulgar, Spain, idiomatic) bloody hell!; bollocks!

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