No. 5,355 in Spanish
machista
"Machista" refers to a person who exhibits sexist attitudes or behaviors, promoting male dominance and superiority.
In a sentence
Juan tiene una actitud machista hacia todo.
Juan has a machismo attitude towards everything.
Here, 'machista' is used as an adjective describing Juan's attitude, implying he thinks in a way that enforces traditional male privilege.
Ser machista no es aceptable en la sociedad moderna.
Being chauvinistic is not acceptable in modern society.
In this case, 'machista' acts as a descriptive noun, encapsulating the character trait of adhering to sexist attitudes.
La película critica los valores machistas de la época.
The movie criticizes the chauvinistic values of the time.
Here, 'machistas' functions as an attributive adjective detailing the 'values' being critiqued.
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