micromachismo
Portuguese
Etymology
Borrowed from Spanish micromachismo. By surface analysis, micro- + machismo.
Pronunciation
- (Brazil) IPA(key): /mi.kɾo.maˈʃiz.mu/
- (Rio de Janeiro) IPA(key): /mi.kɾo.maˈʃiʒ.mu/
- (Southern Brazil) IPA(key): /mi.kɾo.maˈʃiz.mo/
- (Portugal) IPA(key): /mi.kɾu.mɐˈʃiʒ.mu/
- (Northern Portugal) IPA(key): /mi.kɾu.mɐˈt͡ʃiʒ.mu/
- Hyphenation: mi‧cro‧ma‧chis‧mo
Noun
micromachismo m (plural micromachismos)
- small-scale male chauvinism
Further reading
- “micromachismo”, in Dicio – Dicionário Online de Português (in Portuguese), São Paulo: 7Graus, 2009–2026
- “micromachismo”, in Dicionário infopédia da Lingua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Porto: Porto Editora, 2003–2026
- “micromachismo”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2026
Spanish
Etymology
Attested from 1991, from micro- + machismo.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /mikɾomaˈt͡ʃismo/ [mi.kɾo.maˈt͡ʃiz.mo]
- Rhymes: -ismo
- Syllabification: mi‧cro‧ma‧chis‧mo
Noun
micromachismo m (plural micromachismos)
- small-scale male chauvinism
Further reading
- “micromachismo”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8.1, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 15 December 2025