machorra
[maˈt͡ʃora]
The verdict
“machorra” is uncommon Spanish (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency Spanish
- 8
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Mujer de aspecto o comportamiento que recuerdan a los convencionalmente atribuídos a los varones.
Corpus desk
Index ES-machorra · machorra · Spanish
machorra · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-LONG 8 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-THIN "M" thin
- PHOTO-UNK Peer pending
Desk codes from Wiktionary headword shape, FrequencyWords rank tier, confusable-pair count, generated misspelling depth, letter-cohort book size, and photo-finish peer. Not a difficulty grade.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | machorra |
| Language | Spanish |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [maˈt͡ʃora] |
| Letters | 8 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Cola larga: rango de “machorra” en español
Rare enough to double-check
machorra is uncommon Spanish outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed [maˈt͡ʃora]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 4 senses are on record.
machorra has no tracked misspelling variants, since its letter sequence doesn't invite the usual edit-distance slips. This entry stands alone in our confusable dataset, since its spelling is unusual enough that it doesn't cluster with a lookalike.
Wiktionary doesn't record an etymology for this headword, leaving phoneme-to-grapheme mapping as the best guide to its spelling rather than a borrowing history. The correct Spanish form is machorra, spelled M-A-C-H-O-R-R-A.
Definition
- 1Mujer de aspecto o comportamiento que recuerdan a los convencionalmente atribuídos a los varones.
- 2Hembra animal, o raremente mujer, incapaz de concebir.
- 3Res que se mata en ocasión de una fiesta.
- 4Mujer que siente atracción sexual por otras mujeres.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how machorra appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
- ¡Ay!, ¿yo?, ni pensarlo. ¡Dios me libre de ser tan ridícula ni tan machorra que montara a caballo como hombre! Mi papá y mi mamá dicen muy bien que eso es una indecencia en una mujer, y es querer hacerse muy singulares entrar por semejantes monerías.
El carnero destinado para padre se llama de simiente; y siendo viejo, morueco: si es entero, cojudo: si es castrado, capon ó llano: el que tiene escondidos los testículos, gallardo ó testicando: el que tiene uno fuera y otro dentro ú oculto, ciclan: el individuo que no tiene cuernos se llama moron ó mocho, y la hembra que (aunque siempre mas pequeños) no…
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Definitions, pronunciation, and etymology for this entry are drawn from Wiktionary via the kaikki.org structured extract (CC BY-SA). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.