(a loanword from Spanish)
a male animal, such as a mule (noun); or, masculine (adjective)
(a loanword from Spanish)
Sentel machon = a male mule
Ce machio = male mule
(San Pablo Tepemaxalco, Toluca Valley, 1681)
se macho onictlaneuhti nomonta yhua nomona yhua macuili cochinitos tepitoto = I rented a male mule to my father-in-law and my mother-in-law, and 5 small pigs (Santa Ana, Toluca Valley, 1737)
onechpolhui centetl mulla yhuan mochi xalma .. yhua centetl macho (San Bartolomé Atenco, Coyoacan, 1617)
Dios onesmomaquili chiquei matzo yhuan nahui baca = tengo ocho bueyes y cuatro vacas (Tecamachalco, Puebla, "1548", transl. 1717)
centetl macho = un macho