machismo
Portuguese, noun/maˈʃiz.mu/
machismo is spelled M-A-C-H-I-S-M-O (8 letters) and appears 5.9 times per million words in written Portuguese, the 10,843rd most frequent Portuguese word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Machismo is a Portuguese masculine noun meaning “male chauvinism, bigotry against women” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “qualidade, ação ou modos de macho; macheza”.
What does machismo mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculinemale chauvinism, bigotry against women
- 2
masculinesexism
- 3
masculinemachismo
Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Portuguese dictionaries define it
noun: 1. qualidade, ação ou modos de macho; macheza 2. discriminação sexista contra a mulher 3. ideia de que homens são superiores as mulheres
The definition in the Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário), in Portuguese.
Source: Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário), dump of September 1, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org.
Forms of machismo
- machismos plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce machismo?
- Brazil /maˈʃiz.mu/
- /maˈʃiʒ.mu/
- Portugal /maˈʃiʒ.mu/
Sources: English Wiktionary, Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to machismo
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is machismo in Portuguese?
machismo appears 5.9 times per million words in written Portuguese.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).