macho
Portuguese
/ˈma.ʃu/, /ˈma.ʃo/
adj
Definitions
- male belonging or referring to the sex having the smaller gametes
- macho; manly
- male of instruments or tools: designed to fit into or penetrate a “female” counterpart
Etymology
Inherited from Old Portuguese macho inherited from Latin masclus, masculus (male, a male, masculine).
Origin
Latin
masculus
Gloss
male, a male, masculine
Concept
Semantic Field
Animals
Ontological Category
Property
Kanji
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Emoji
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Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- masclus Latin
- masculetum Latin
- masculus Latin
- mās Latin
- māsculus Latin
- maschio Italian
- masculo Italian
- macho Spanish, Castilian
- machista Portuguese
- machão Portuguese
- másculo Portuguese
- malle Old French
- masle Old French
- machete Galician
- machismo Galician
- macho Galician
- mascul Romanian, Moldavian, Moldovan
- mascur Romanian, Moldavian, Moldovan
- mashkull Albanian
- macho Old Portuguese
- mascur Aromanian
- machu Asturian
- mascli Friulian
- mascle Old Occitan
- mas-cio Venetian
- mascio Venetian
- màsccio Ligurian
- muosclo Dalmatian
- mas'cio Istriot
- mascur Megleno-Romanian