machão

Portuguese

Etymology

From macho +‎ -ão (augmentative suffix).

Pronunciation

(Brazil) IPA^(key): /maˈʃɐ̃w̃/ [maˈʃɐ̃ʊ̯̃]

(Portugal) IPA^(key): /mɐˈʃɐ̃w̃/
- (Northern Portugal) IPA^(key): /mɐˈt͡ʃɐ̃w̃/

Noun

machão m (plural machões, feminine machona, feminine plural machonas)

augmentative of macho

Further reading

“machão”, in Dicionário Aulete Digital (in Portuguese), Rio de Janeiro: Lexikon Editora Digital, 2008–2026
“machão”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2026