Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

perfecto

/pə(ɹ)ˈfɛktəʊ/

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 2.40 in modern English

Syllables: per-fec-to
IPA: /pə(ɹ)ˈfɛktəʊ/

15

Scrabble Score

8

Letters

3

Syllables

7

Unique Chars

Meaning

adj

Perfect, excellent, brilliant.

Humorous; Informal

noun

A large, tapered cigar.

noun

In baseball or bowling, a perfect game.

name

A surname from Spanish.

Example Sentences

"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."

Etymology

Borrowed from Spanish perfecto (“perfect”), from Latin perfectus. Doublet of parfait, perfect, and perfectus.

Origin

Source language: Spanish

Word Breakdown

Root: perfecto, perfectus

Usage

Inflected Forms

more perfecto (comparative) most perfecto (superlative) perfectos (plural)

Questions

How do you pronounce perfecto?: The recorded pronunciation is /pə(ɹ)ˈfɛktəʊ/.
What does perfecto mean?: Perfect, excellent, brilliant.
Where does perfecto come from?: It is traced to Spanish.

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