perfecto

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English

Etymology

Borrowed from Spanish perfecto (perfect). Doublet of perfect.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /pə(ɹ)ˈfɛktəʊ/
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Adjective

perfecto (comparative more perfecto, superlative most perfecto)

  1. (informal, humorous) Perfect, excellent, brilliant.

Noun

perfecto (plural perfectos)

  1. A large, tapered cigar.
    • 1937, P. G. Wodehouse, 'Lord Emsworth and Others', Overlook, Woodstock: 2002, p 99.
      'Well the only thing I can advise,' I said, 'is that you cultivate him assiduously. Waylay him and give him cigars... Tell him it's a fine day. He has a dog named Edward. Seek Edward out and pat him. Many a young man has won over the father of the girl he loves by such tactics, so why not you?'
      He agreed to do so, and in the days which followed Poskitt could not show his face in the clubhouse without having Wilmot spring out at him with perfectos.
  2. (sports) In baseball or bowling, a perfect game.

French

Etymology

Originally a trade mark (capitalised).

Noun

perfecto m (plural perfectos)

  1. bomber jacket

Galician

Etymology

From Latin perfectus.

Adjective

perfecto (feminine perfecta, masculine plural perfectos, feminine plural perfectas)

  1. perfect

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Latin

Participle

perfectō

  1. dative/ablative masculine/neuter singular of perfectus

Spanish

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin perfectus, partially borrowed as a learned term.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /peɾˈfeɡto/
  • Rhymes: -eɡto
  • Syllabification: per‧fec‧to

Adjective

perfecto (feminine perfecta, masculine plural perfectos, feminine plural perfectas)

  1. perfect
    Synonym: impecable

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