perfecto
Americannoun
noun
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Etymology
Origin of perfecto
1890–95, < Spanish: literally, perfect
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And in May 2025 Trump sounded more than a little envious of his Arab hosts as he praised the marble of Qatar's royal palace as "perfecto" and marvelled at Saudi Arabia's architecture.
From Barron's ● Jul. 7, 2026
He was at second base for Len Baker’s gem in 1981 and at first for Kenny Rogers’ perfecto in 1994.
From Seattle Times ● May 12, 2023
Fischer, with a will to win perhaps unmatched in the history of the game, fashioned some of the most improbable win streaks ever, including the only 11-0 perfecto in the 1963-64 U.S. national championship.
From Washington Times ● Aug. 10, 2021
Hernandez is the only active pitcher to throw a perfecto, with the others who did it in 2012, Philip Humber and Matt Cain, now retired.
From New York Times ● Aug. 10, 2018
I told R. that if I never saw his face or his silly brother’s again, it was perfecto with me!
From "In the Time of the Butterflies" by Julia Alvarez
Biker boys and girls wore leather perfectos, pants, skirts and a bustier dress all trimmed in gold hardware.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 25, 2018
The Mariners were familiar themselves with perfectos, having been victimized on April 21 of the same year by the unlikeliest of foes — journeyman Philip Humber of the White Sox.
From Seattle Times ● Aug. 15, 2017
There were only four perfectos in the American League during Denkinger's days, and he worked two of them.
From Seattle Times ● Jun. 4, 2010
It’s the first time in the modern era that there were a pair of perfectos in the same season — Colorado’s Ubaldo Jimenez threw a no-hitter, too, in April.
From Newsweek ● May 30, 2010
Two men who have concluded a business deal in which each has commendably tried to get the better of the other may call for twenty-five cent perfectos or for half-dollar Dreadnoughts.
From Atlantic Classics by Various
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