machista
Portuguese, noun/maˈʃis.tɐ/
machista is spelled M-A-C-H-I-S-T-A (8 letters) and appears 6.9 times per million words in written Portuguese, the 9,632nd most frequent Portuguese word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Machista is a Portuguese feminine noun meaning “male chauvinist (advocate of male chauvinism)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “pessoa, sobretudo homem, que age ou se comporta conforme o preceito ou ideal do machismo”.
What does machista mean in English?
adjective
- 1
femininemasculinemale chauvinistic
- 2
femininemasculinesexist
noun
- 1
femininemasculinemale chauvinist (advocate of male chauvinism)
Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Portuguese dictionaries define it
adjective: 1. que tem atitude ou que carrega a ideologia do machismo
noun: 1. pessoa, sobretudo homem, que age ou se comporta conforme o preceito ou ideal do machismo
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 machista
- machistas plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce machista?
- Brazil /maˈʃis.tɐ/
- /maˈʃiʃ.tɐ/
- Portugal /maˈʃiʃ.tɐ/
Sources: English Wiktionary, Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is machista in Portuguese?
machista appears 6.9 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).