machona
Portuguese, noun/maˈʃõ.nɐ/
machona is spelled M-A-C-H-O-N-A (7 letters) and appears about once in every 20 million words in written Portuguese, the 132,552nd most frequent Portuguese word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Machona is a Portuguese feminine noun meaning “dyke” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). It is also a female equivalent of machão. The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “mulher de aspecto e de modos varonis”.
What does machona mean in English?
noun
- 1
femininefemale equivalent of machão
- 2
colloquialderogatoryfemininedyke
adjective
- 1
femininefeminine singular of machão
- 2
colloquialderogatorydykish
Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Portuguese dictionaries define it
noun: 1. mulher de aspecto e de modos varonis 2. mulher de modo bravo 3. homossexual feminina, mulher atraída sexualmente por outras 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 machona
- machonas plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce machona?
- Brazil /maˈʃõ.nɐ/
- Portugal /mɐˈʃo.nɐ/
- Portugal /mɐtˈʃo.nɐ/
Sources: English Wiktionary, Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is machona in Portuguese?
machona appears about once in every 20 million words in written Portuguese.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).