perfecto

American  

[per-fek-toh] / pərˈfɛk toʊ /

noun

plural

perfectos

1. a rather thick, medium-sized cigar tapering almost down to a point at each end.

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perfecto British  

/ pəˈfɛktəʊ /

noun

1. a large cigar that is tapered from both ends

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Etymology

Origin of perfecto

1890–95, < Spanish: literally, perfect

Example Sentences

The first and still only perfect game in Mariners history, and the last perfecto thrown in MLB, was actually the second one at Safeco Field that year.

From Seattle Times • Oct. 4, 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

Reassure him: “You know that you are 100 percent perfecto, exactly as you are, and you’re growing tall and healthy just like that tree over there... .”

From Washington Post • Jul. 15, 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