Como se dice 'tomboy'?

Question

Estoy escribiendo una escrita de mi ninez. Busquelo en el diccionario pero no se si esta correcta---| se dice: marimacho. Esta correcta, o no'

Answer 1

niña f poco femenina, machona f (RPl), machetona f (Méx), varonera f (Arg)

Here's some more.

marimacho masculine or feminine; niña feminine que se porta como muchacho

Well you should say something like "Mi conducta habitual era la de un varón" or "Me portaba como una total marimacho". Maybe "marimacho" is the equivalent for "tom boy", because "mari" comes from "María" and "macho" from "male". (stupid reasoning, I just copied it)

Answer 2

Gracias!

Quentin said:

niña f poco femenina, machona f (RPl), machetona f (Méx), varonera f (Arg)Here's some more.marimacho masculine or feminine; niña feminine que se porta como muchacho

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Answer 3

marimacho is a hard insult be aware of using it.

Answer 4

Would this be like calling a woman butch or a dyke? (Here we go with the family oriented forum debate again, but at least it's 4:00 am when I posted this so there shouldn't be too many young ears or eyes around)

pisacaballo said:

marimacho is a hard insult be aware of using it.

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Answer 5

Quentin said:

Would this be like calling a woman butch or a dyke? (Here we go with the family oriented forum debate again, but at least it's 4:00 am when I posted this so there shouldn't be too many young ears or eyes around)

pisacaballo said:

marimacho is a hard insult be aware of using it.

jejeje, Problem is now it it 11 am here and everybody can see this. (wink, wink)
Well, anyway. marimacho is no a very adequate word if you are not using it in a sort of "friendly " atmosphere.

I mean, you can say this, as long as you use the right intonation. but this does not apply here.

I would say:

Me portaba como un chico/chicarrón

Como siempre, habrá más oiniones al respecto.

Answer 6

how about ahombrada
cuando era niña mi conducta era ahombrada
cuando era niña mi conducta teñia a varonil

marimacho is an active lesbian (not that there is anything wrong with that,as Sienfeld and Geoge used to say)

Answer 7

Gus said:

marimacho is an active lesbian (not that there is anything wrong with that,as Sienfeld and Geoge used to say)

Yes, the word can be interpreted like that.