macho

[US]/'mætʃəʊ/
[UK]/'mɑtʃo/
Frequency: Very High

Translation

adj. som har egenskaper eller kännetecken som typiskt förknippas med en stark eller aggressiv man; manlig
Word Forms
Pluralmachoes

Example Sentences

the stereotype of the mechanic as a macho Neanderthal.

stereotypen om mekanikern som en macho-Neanderdalare.

He emerged with a macho swagger.

Han dök upp med en macho attityd.

the big macho tough guy.

den store macho-tuffingen.

a masking of fear with macho posturing.

en maskering av rädsla med macho-attityd.

got tired of the macho bit.

tröttnade på macho-grejen.

fancied himself to be of a macho cast.

han inbillade sig att han var av en macho-typ.

the rituals of the racing world are as macho as all get-out.

ritualerna inom racingvärlden är lika macho som allt annat.

icky boys with all their macho strutting.

äckliga killar med all sin macho-stolt.

he likes to kid everyone he's the big macho tough guy.

han gillar att skoja med alla och säga att han är den store macho-tuffingen.

she hated being mauled around by macho chauvinist pigs.

Hon hatade att bli runtormad av macho-självgod grisar.

Real-world Examples

You might want to get in touch with your inner macho.

Du kanske vill kontakta din inre macho.

Source: white2020

Well, I play the handsome, macho pharmacist..

Ja, jag spelar den stilig, macho-apotekaren.

Source: Friends Season 9

So we sometimes refer to it as being macho!

Så vi refererar ibland till det som att vara macho!

Source: 6 Minute English

Yeah, macho Latino men crying because of football, yeah.

Ja, macho latino män som gråter på grund av fotboll, ja.

Source: American English dialogue

It may be less macho, but it's a lot safer.

Det kan vara mindre macho, men det är mycket säkrare.

Source: BBC Listening Collection November 2016

Stereotypically " macho" people have actually been shown to resist masks more.

Stereotypt "macho"-folk har faktiskt visat sig vara mer motvilliga till masker.

Source: PBS Fun Science Popularization

But I grew up in a culture that's very macho.

Men jag växte upp i en kultur som är väldigt macho.

Source: Harvard University's "The Science of Happiness" course.

“Knives were regularly brought to school as a show of macho.”

”Knivar fördes regelbundet till skolan som en demonstration av macho.”

Source: Steve Jobs Biography

Well, I was raised in a really, really strong kind of macho culture.

Ja, jag växte upp i en verkligt, verkligt stark typ av macho-kultur.

Source: American English dialogue

It was a macho culture, but it wasn't specifically targeted at women.

Det var en macho-kultur, men den var inte specifikt riktad mot kvinnor.

Source: Time

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