perfecto

[ per-fek-toh ]

noun

, plural per·fec·tos.

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

perfecto

/ pəˈfɛktəʊ /

noun

1. a large cigar that is tapered from both ends

Word History and Origins

Origin of perfecto¹

1890–95, Americanism; < Spanish: literally, perfect

Word History and Origins

Origin of perfecto¹

Spanish, literally: perfect

Example Sentences

But the perfecto would not have been possible without the stout defense of third baseman Andy Carey, who got enough of his glove on Jackie Robinson’s second-inning smash to deflect the ball to shortstop Gil McDougald, who threw to first for the out, and caught a Gil Hodges low liner to his left about an inch above the ground in the eighth.

From Los Angeles Times

After Santos “Raider” Martinez, an 18-year-old Blythe Street member, gunned down a rival gangster and a bystander who happened to be sitting next to him on a bus bench, Molina wrote to Romo: “Everything worked out perfecto once again.”

From Los Angeles Times

But in a Perspectives article published online Sept. 15 in the journal One Earth, University of Michigan ecologist Ivette Perfecto and her colleagues argue that agriculture can both help and hinder: It can act as an incubator of novel animal-borne microbes, facilitating their evolution into human-ready pathogens, or it can form barriers that help block their spread.

From Science Daily

"Many people assume that agriculture is always in conflict with biodiversity conservation, but that's not always the case," said Perfecto, a professor at the U-M School for Environment and Sustainability.

From Science Daily

But in the 21st century, the difference between low- and high-quality agricultural matrices often has less to do with the biology of the organisms living in a landscape than the sociopolitical and economic forces at play, according to Perfecto and colleagues.

From Science Daily