1st_ Male Animal . By extension is the male human with rather animal attitudes, with all the good or bad that may have such a characteristic. It is a derivation from Latin mas, maris ("who inseminates") which originated a diminutive and an operative as masculus that was vulgarly called masclu and is how he came to Spanish interpreted as 'macho'. See machismo, sexist. 2o_ First singular person of the present indicative form of verbo machar . See verbs/male .
