Polyglot Dictionary

machismo

/maˈʃizmu/

o noun B2

o (masc.) a (fem.)

Underline = a spelling pattern that usually signals that gender.

N Register Neutral Era Current Frequency Common Domain General Tone Neutral

Forms

plural
os machismos

Meaning

  1. sexism

    • Combatem o machismo.

      They fight sexism.

N Category Thing Concreteness Concrete Animacy Inanimate Countability Countable Scope Individual

Similar words

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German

Sexismus

Sexismus is the German word for the same thing — both mean "sexism."

Practice

1 What does machismo mean?

2 Fill the gap: Combatem o ___.

3 Which fingerprint chart matches machismo?

noun

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