# machão

> Portuguese word · Noun · IPA /mɐ.ˈʃɐ̃w̃/ · frequency rank #37,901

## Definitions
1. mulher de aspecto e de modos varonis
2. mulher de modo bravo
3. homem muito viril

## Easily confused with
- **maço** (https://plainspell.com/pt/vs/machao-vs-maco)
- **manhã** (https://plainspell.com/pt/vs/machao-vs-manha)
- **macho** (https://plainspell.com/pt/vs/machao-vs-macho)
- **malha** (https://plainspell.com/pt/vs/machao-vs-malha)
- **moção** (https://plainspell.com/pt/vs/machao-vs-mocao)
- **macio** (https://plainspell.com/pt/vs/machao-vs-macio)
- **mamão** (https://plainspell.com/pt/vs/machao-vs-mamao)
- **mecha** (https://plainspell.com/pt/vs/machao-vs-mecha)
- **malho** (https://plainspell.com/pt/vs/machao-vs-malho)
- **milhão** (https://plainspell.com/pt/vs/machao-vs-milhao)
- **marcha** (https://plainspell.com/pt/vs/machao-vs-marcha)
- **mansão** (https://plainspell.com/pt/vs/machao-vs-mansao)
- **mancha** (https://plainspell.com/pt/vs/machao-vs-mancha)
- **maciço** (https://plainspell.com/pt/vs/machao-vs-macico)
- **malhar** (https://plainspell.com/pt/vs/machao-vs-malhar)
- **manhas** (https://plainspell.com/pt/vs/machao-vs-manhas)
- **marchar** (https://plainspell.com/pt/vs/machao-vs-marchar)
- **manchar** (https://plainspell.com/pt/vs/machao-vs-manchar)
- **malhado** (https://plainspell.com/pt/vs/machao-vs-malhado)
- **maçã** (https://plainspell.com/pt/vs/maca-vs-machao)

## Common misspellings (8)
`amchão`, `macchão`, `machhão`, `machoã`, `macãho`, `mahcão`, `mcahão`, `mmachão`

## Source
Compiled from Wiktionary via kaikki.org (CC BY-SA). Data vintage: 2026-05-06.
Canonical page: https://plainspell.com/pt/word/machao