perfecto

P3E1R1F4E1C3T1O1
/pə(ɹ)ˈfɛktəʊ/

adjective

Perfect, excellent, brilliant.

Meanings

perfecto1

adjectiveperfecto (comparative more perfecto, superlative most perfecto)

comparative more perfecto · superlative most perfecto

  1. humorousinformalPerfect, excellent, brilliant.
nounperfecto (plural perfectos)

plural perfectos

  1. A large, tapered cigar.
    1 more example

    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. hobbiesIn baseball or bowling, a perfect game.

Perfecto2

proper nounPerfecto (plural Perfectos)

plural Perfectos

  1. A surname from Spanish.

Origin

perfecto · adjective, noun

  1. Latinperfectus
  2. Spanishperfecto“perfect”
  3. Englishperfecto

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

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Perfecto · proper noun

  1. SpanishPerfecto
  2. EnglishPerfecto

Borrowed from Spanish Perfecto. This surname is mostly found in Mexico.

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Cite this entry
APA

perfecto. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/perfecto

MLA

“perfecto.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/perfecto. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “perfecto,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/perfecto.

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