adj
Meaning 1
Perfect, excellent, brilliant.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: humorous, informal
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Standard Lemma guide
perfecto
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Pronunciation
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/pə(ɹ)ˈfɛktəʊ/
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name
Meaning 2
A surname from Spanish.
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noun
Meaning 3
A large, tapered cigar.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Examples
- 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.
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noun
Meaning 4
In baseball or bowling, a perfect game.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Topics: hobbies, lifestyle, sports
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History
Etymology
Borrowed from Spanish perfecto (“perfect”), from Latin perfectus. Doublet of parfait, perfect, and perfectus.
Borrowed from Spanish Perfecto. This surname is mostly found in Mexico.