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A harsh and blunt term used to describe a woman who is biologically unable to conceive or get pregnant. It is a crude way to refer to female infertility.
My aunt never had kids because they said she was machorra, but she still raised all her nieces and nephews as if they were her own.
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Used to describe a woman who is unable to have children or one whose appearance and behavior are considered masculine. It is a common term that usually carries a derogatory or mocking tone toward those who do not follow traditional standards of femininity.
Everyone in the neighborhood always called Josefa a machorra because she spent all day playing pick-up soccer matches (pichangas) with the men and was not interested in dressing up.
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Used in rural settings to describe a cow that is sterile or has trouble getting pregnant. It is common jargon among ranchers for a female animal unfit for reproduction.
That cow turned out to be Machorra, and since she did not produce any calves, we had to send her straight to the slaughterhouse.
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Used to describe a woman who is infertile or who, for biological reasons, cannot bear children. It is a colloquial term that is often heard as harsh or insensitive.
They say Juan's wife is machorra because they have been married for ten years and were never able to start a family.
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A term for women who dress or walk like men. It suggests they were meant to be born male, but something went wrong and they ended up the wrong sex.
Look at that girl, she looks like a machorra. Look at that girl, she looks like a man.
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A derogatory term for a woman who is sterile, used to simultaneously insult her for being butch or masculine.
I was told his aunt does not have children because she is a machorra.
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A derogatory term for a sterile woman. It describes a woman who has lived with a partner or been married for many years without ever becoming pregnant.
Look at that woman, she never had kids, that is what they call a Machorra.
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