History Main / MachoLatino

This trope is, of course, RatedMForManly, and can result in TestosteronePoisoning if not monitored. Part of NationalStereotypes, and found in LatinLand, {{Spexico}}, and beyond. Despite the name this could just as easily apply to a macho Filipino [[note]]The Philippines, although in Southeastern Asia, has close cultural ties with Mexico, both of which were settled by Spain.[[/note]], a macho Chicano (a native-born citizen of the USA with a Mexican heritage), a macho Puerto Rican, a macho [[{{Mayincatec}} Amerindian]] or other ethnicity (Hispanic or not, be they white, black, or Asian, not just mestizo) from Mexico or other Latin American country, or a native of mother Spain or Portugal. May sport one of the MagnificentMoustachesOfMexico, but is just as likely to go clean-shaven or wear a neatly-trimmed goatee.

* A Spanish example would be Benito González (played by then-23 year old Creator/JavierBardem) in ''Film/{{Golden Balls|1993}}'', an ambitious engineer/construction worker who's flamboyant, brash, pushy and fast-talking, and exudes sexual energy.

* ''Series/SavedByTheBell'' has A.C. Slater, the (mostly) LovableJock of Latino descent who is much more blatantly manly than either [[HighSchoolHustler Zack]] or [[ExtravertedNerd Screech]]. His numerous athletic talents included basketball, football, weightlifting, ''[[InTouchWithHisFeminineSide dancing]]'' and his primary sport, wrestling.

A tendency for overtly masculine, aggressively manly men to hail from and be embraced by UsefulNotes/LatinAmerica and by Latinos and Hispanics in the USA [[note]]Puerto Rico is part of the USA, it, Florida, southern Mississippi and Alabama, and the whole southwestern third of the USA, including all of California, Utah, Arizona, Texas, Nevada, and New Mexico (duh), Oklahoma's panhandle, southern and western Colorado, even the southwestern parts of Kansas and Wyoming, were part of the Spanish Empire (New Spain), and that whole southwestern third was half of Mexico.[[/note]] and Belize [[note]]This is the Anglophone country in Central America that borders Guatemala and the one other than the USA that borders Mexico. Belize also was formerly called British Honduras.[[/note]], this regional variant of the MachoMachoMan has a special place in the hearts of Spanish and Portuguese [[note]]Brazil is a lusophone, or Portuguese-speaking country, so Brazilians would be non-Hispanic Latinos[[/note]] speakers. It should -- they invented the word machismo. Strong, fierce men are culturally revered, from great generals to ''[[MaskedLuchador luchadores]]''. Perhaps not unrelated, per Website/TheOtherWiki, the Nahuatl word ''macho'' means "one who is worthy of imitation", despite being etymologically unrelated. The roots of Latin macho and machismo run deep.

* ''Series/SavedByTheBell'' has A.C. Slater, the (mostly) LovableJock of Latino descent who is much more blatantly manly than either [[HighSchoolHustler Zack]] or [[ExtravertedNerd Screech]] His numerous athletic talents included basketball, football, weightlifting ''[[InTouchWithHisFeminineSide dancing]]'' and his primary sport, wrestling.

A tendency for overtly masculine, aggressively manly men to hail from and be embraced by UsefulNotes/LatinAmerica and by Latinos and Hispanics in the USA [[note]]Puerto Rico is part of the USA, it, Florida, southern Mississippi and Alabama, and the whole southwestern third of the USA, including all of California, Utah, Arizona, Texas, Nevada, and New Mexico (duh), Oklahoma's panhandle, southern and western Colorado, even the southwestern parts of Kansas and Wyoming, were part of the Spanish Empire (New Spain), and that whole southwestern third was half of Mexico.[[/note]] and Belize [[note]]This is the Anglophone country in Central America that borders Guatemala and the one other than the USA that borders Mexico. Belize also was formerly called British Honduras.[[/note]], this regional variant of the MachoMachoMan has a special place in the hearts of Spanish and Portuguese [[note]]Brazil is a lusophone, or Portuguese-speaking country, so Brazilians would be non-Hispanic Latinos[[/note]] speakers. It should -- they invented the word machismo. Strong, fierce men are culturally revered, from great generals to ''[[MaskedLuchador luchadores]]''. Perhaps not unrelated, per Wiki/TheOtherWiki, the Nahuatl word ''macho'' means "one who is worthy of imitation", despite being etymologically unrelated. The roots of Latin macho and machismo run deep.