perfecto
Americannoun
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perfectos
plural
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
Just more than a month later, the Dodgers won the World Series — making Browning the lone pitcher to toss a perfecto against the team that won the championship that same year.
From Seattle Times ● Dec. 19, 2022
Counting an out he got at the end of the start before his perfecto, Sasaki has now retired 52 consecutive batters.
From New York Times ● Apr. 22, 2022
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
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
There have only been 21 perfectos in MLB history.
From Seattle Times ● May 21, 2012
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
Dashin' out for a Union League luncheon, fillin' himself up on poulet en casserole and such truck, not to mention Martinis and demi-tasses and brunette perfectos, was clean out of the question.
From The House of Torchy by Arthur William Brown
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