practico

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noun

A guide (person who guides).

OriginSpanish práctico →
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Meanings

nounpractico (plural practicos)

plural practicos

  1. CubaPhilippinesobsoleteA guide (person who guides).

    On the 14th March, we entered the Bio Guaurabo, one of the two ports of Trinidad de Cuba, to put on shore the practico, or pilot of Batabano, who had steered us across the flats of the Jardinillos […]

    1907, Alexander von Humboldt, translated by Thomasina Ross, Personal Narrative of Travels to the Equinoctial Regions of America

Origin

  1. Spanishpráctico“experienced; skilled; practiced”
  2. Englishpractico

Borrowed from Spanish práctico (“experienced; skilled; practiced”). Doublet of practic.

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

MLA

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

Chicago

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

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