machona

Portuguese

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /maˈʃõ.nɐ/

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /maˈʃõ.nɐ/
  • (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /maˈʃo.na/

 

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /mɐˈʃo.nɐ/

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

• Hyphenation: ma‧cho‧na

Noun

machona f (plural machonas)

1. female equivalent of machão

Adjective

machona

1. feminine singular of machão

Spanish

Noun

machona f (plural machonas)

1. tomboy
2. (slang, offensive) dyke, a lesbian

Further reading

• “machona”, 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