Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

galactico

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 1.29 in modern English

Syllables: galac-ti-co
IPA

14

Scrabble Score

9

Letters

3

Syllables

7

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

A football superstar.

Example Sentences

"The danger about each of Mr Brown's weekend initiatives - his appearance as a galactico in Team Europe and his robust hostility to excessive lending - is that each may be more tactical than strategic, more appearance than reality."
"Perez has promised a return of the "galactico" era at Madrid after initiating the original one from 2000-06 with the blockbuster signings of Zinedine Zidane, Beckham, Luis Figo and Brazil's Ronaldo."

Etymology

Borrowed from Spanish galáctico. Doublet of galactic.

Origin

Source language: Spanish

Word Breakdown

Root: galáctico

Inflected Forms

galacticos (plural)

Questions

What does galactico mean?: A football superstar.
Where does galactico come from?: It is traced to Spanish.

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