machote

machote is masculine in Spanish.

a tough man; a badass; red porgy

“Lo que no sabe nadie, y si lo sabemos nos lo callamos, es que algunos de esos machotes son terroristas, y no siempre suicidas.”

From macho + -ote.

machote is masculine in Spanish.

model (a successful example to be copied, with or without modifications.); draft (an early version of a written work)

Borrowed from Nahuatl machiotl (“example, model”).