The word "macho" is correct and usable in written English.
You can use it to describe a man who is assertive, strong, and domineering, often with an exaggerated sense of manliness. For example: "The actor played a macho character in the film, always trying to prove his masculinity in every situation."
"You see it in personalities whose idea of leadership is to rescue the situation – it's quite a macho thing," he suggests.
They attract macho adjectives, such as tough, meaningful, targeted and smart.
She was macho in a man's world, determined to work men under the table; fierce in argument, asking no quarter and giving none; in the back row when tact was handed out; impetuous; secretive; inspirational, and utterly dedicated, with a constitution as tough as old boots.
There is a cult of arrogance and macho way of doing business among the ministerial team.
The head of Network Rail has demanded a dramatic change in the "macho" culture on the railways, saying that unsafe working practices are causing "appalling tragedies" and hundreds of casualties each year.
In Paris, it may be fashionable to parade tiny lapdogs but in macho Milan they brandish brutes.
There is a humming undercurrent to the critique of modern batting, that increasingly idiosyncratic and macho pursuit.
This is a macho machine, vaguely smug: it feels less about childish treats on sunny days than whipping up peanut-butter ice-cream, rosewater gelato and basil sorbets to make your friends feel bad about their lives.
The rest of the film is humdrum macho heroism – made, like Captain Phillips, with help from the US military.
When I realised how much my appearance was affecting my relationship, and my self-esteem, macho man that I am, I did Weight Watchers.
He added: "We still have what many would describe as a macho culture within the company".
