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perfecto

/pə(ɹ)ˈfɛktəʊ/

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What does perfecto mean?

adjective

  1. (humorous, informal) Perfect, excellent, brilliant.

noun

  1. A large, tapered cigar.
  2. In baseball or bowling, a perfect game.
More meanings (1)

proper noun

  1. A surname from Spanish.

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IPA pronunciation

/pə(ɹ)ˈfɛktəʊ/

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There was a little discourse about cigars, showing him exactly why the Thomas Jefferson Five-cent Perfecto was the only cigar worthy of the name.
Upton SinclairThe JungleProject Gutenberg ebook #140
For if the proprietor owed, in exchange for the increase which he receives, some thing more than the permission which he grants, his right of property would not be perfect--he would not possess jure optimo, jure perfecto; that is, he would not be in reality a proprietor.
P.-J. (Pierre-Joseph) ProudhonWhat is Property? An Inquiry into the Principle of Right and of GovernmentProject Gutenberg ebook #360