machorra

Portuguese

Etymology

Borrowed from Spanish machorra.

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /maˈʃo.ʁɐ/ [maˈʃo.hɐ]

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /maˈʃo.ʁɐ/ [maˈʃo.hɐ]
  • (Rio de Janeiro) IPA^(key): /maˈʃo.ʁɐ/ [maˈʃo.χɐ]
  • (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /maˈʃo.ʁa/ [maˈʃo.ha]

 

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /mɐˈʃo.ʁɐ/

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /mɐˈʃo.ʁɐ/
  • (Northern Portugal) IPA^(key): /mɐˈt͡ʃo.ʁɐ/

Noun

machorra f (plural machorras)

1. (Rio Grande do Sul, offensive or derogatory) tomboy, virago

   Synonyms: sapatão, lésbica

2. (colloquial) a female animal that is sterile

Adjective

machorra m or f (plural machorras)

1. (colloquial) sterile (of a female animal)

Further reading

• “machorra”, in Dicionário infopédia da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Porto: Porto Editora, 2003–2024
• “machorra”, in Michaelis Dicionário Brasileiro da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), São Paulo: Editora Melhoramentos, 2015–2024

Spanish

Etymology

From macho (“virile,fertile”) +‎ -orra (“pejorative suffix”).

Noun

machorra f (plural machorras)

1. sterile female
2. (Mexico, Spain) tomboy, virago

   Synonyms: marimacho, hombruna

Further reading

• “machorro”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.7, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 2023 November 28