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macho

The correct spelling is macho.

How to pronounce macho

noun

IPA: /ˈmætʃəʊ/

Say it like: Mac-ho

The correct spelling is macho. A macho person; a person who tends to display masculine characteristics, such as domineering, fierceness, and bravado.

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Meanings

noun

  1. 1.A macho person; a person who tends to display masculine characteristics, such as domineering, fierceness, and bravado.
  2. 2.The striped mullet of California (Mugil cephalus, syn. Mugil mexicanus).
  3. 3.A male llama.

adjective

  1. 1.Tending to display masculine characteristics, such as domineering, fierceness, bravado, etc., in ways that are showily and histrionically tough

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