"macho man" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: macho men [plural]
Head templates: {{en-noun|macho men}} macho man (plural macho men)
  1. A hypermasculine, sexually attractive, virile man. Categories (topical): Male, People Synonyms: he-man, hypermasculine man Translations: machomand [common-gender] (Danish), machomies (Finnish), miehinen mies (Finnish), (nagy) macsó (Hungarian), macsónak látszani akaró férfi (Hungarian), maschiaccio [masculine] (Italian), duro [masculine] (Italian), macho [masculine] (Spanish), papi chulo (Spanish), hombrazo [masculine] (Spanish), garañón [masculine] (Spanish), macho dominante [masculine] (Spanish), macho alfa [masculine] (Spanish), karlakarl [common-gender] (Swedish)

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