machote

• IPA^(key): /maˈt͡ʃote/ [maˈt͡ʃo.t̪e]

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• Rhymes: -ote
• Syllabification: ma‧cho‧te

From macho +‎ -ote.

machote m (plural machotes)

1. (colloquial) a tough man; a badass
   • 2015 November 19, “Columna”, in El País‎^[1]:

     Lo que no sabe nadie, y si lo sabemos nos lo callamos, es que algunos de esos machotes son terroristas, y no siempre suicidas.

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2. (Cantabria) red porgy

   Synonym: pargo

Borrowed from Nahuatl machiotl (“example, model”)

machote m (plural machotes)

1. (Central America, Mexico) model (a successful example to be copied, with or without modifications.)

   Synonym: modelo

2. (El Salvador, Nicaragua, Honduras) draft (an early version of a written work)

   Synonym: borrador

• “machote”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 10 December 2024
• “machote”, in Diccionario de americanismos [Dictionary of Americanisms] (in Spanish), Association of Academies of the Spanish Language [Spanish: Asociación de Academias de la Lengua Española], 2010