PERFECTA

Meaning of PERFECTA in English

/peuhr fek"teuh/ , n.

exacta.

[ 1965-70; ellipsis of AmerSp quiniela perfecta perfect quinella ]

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PERFECTA — noun Etymology: American Spanish quiniela ~ perfect quiniela Date: 1967 a bet in which the bettor picks the first and …
Толковый словарь английского языка - Merriam Webster
PERFECTA — pə(r)ˈfektə noun ( -s ) Etymology: American Spanish quiniela perfecta perfect quiniela : a betting pool in which the bettor …
Webster's New International English Dictionary
PERFECTA — noun Etymology: American Spanish quiniela perfecta perfect quiniela Date: 1967 : a bet in which the bettor picks the first …
Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary
PERFECTA — [ pə'fɛktə ] ■ noun N. Amer. a bet in which the first two places in a race must be …
Concise Oxford English vocab
PERFECTA — [per.fec.ta] n [AmerSp quiniela perfecta perfect quiniela] (1967): a bet in which the bettor picks the first and second place …
Merriam-Webster English vocab
PERFECTA — n. US a form of betting in which the first two places in a race must be predicted in the …
Английский основной разговорный словарь
PERFECTA — n. US a form of betting in which the first two places in a race must be predicted in the …
Concise Oxford English Dictionary
PERFECTA — n. US a form of betting in which the first two places in a race must be predicted in the …
Oxford English vocab
PERFECTA — n. Pronunciation: p ə r- ' fek-t ə Function: noun Etymology: American Spanish quiniela perfecta perfect quiniela Date: 1967 : …
Merriam Webster Collegiate English Dictionary
TRIFECTA — noun Etymology: tri- + perfecta Date: 1974 a variation of the perfecta in which a bettor wins by selecting the …
Толковый словарь английского языка - Merriam Webster
EXACTA — noun Etymology: American Spanish (quiniela) ~ exact quiniela Date: 1964 perfecta
Толковый словарь английского языка - Merriam Webster
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TRIFECTA — (ˈ)trī¦fektə noun ( -s ) Etymology: tri- + per fecta 1. : a variation of the perfecta in which a …
Webster's New International English Dictionary
SUPERFECTA — ˈsüpə(r)ˌfektə noun ( -s ) Etymology: blend of super- and perfecta (herein) : a variation of the perfecta in which …
Webster's New International English Dictionary
EXACTA — igˈzaktə, eg- noun ( -s ) Etymology: American Spanish quiniela exacta exact quiniela : perfecta herein
Webster's New International English Dictionary
SUPERFECTA — /sooh'peuhr fek"teuh/ , n. 1. a type of bet, esp. on horse races, in which the bettor must select the …
Random House Webster's Unabridged English Dictionary
EXACTA — /ig zak"teuh/ , n. 1. a type of bet, esp. on horse races, in which the bettor must select the …
Random House Webster's Unabridged English Dictionary
TRIFECTA — noun Etymology: tri- + per fecta Date: 1974 1. : a variation of the perfecta in which a bettor wins …
Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary
QUINIELA — noun or qui·nel·la kwi-ˈne-lə Etymology: American Spanish quiniela, a game of chance resembling a lottery Date: 1905 : a bet …
Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary
EXACTA — noun Etymology: American Spanish ( quiniela ) exacta exact quiniela Date: 1964 : perfecta
Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary
TRIFECTA — [ trʌɪ'fɛktə ] ■ noun N. Amer. & Austral./NZ a bet in which the person betting correctly forecasts the first …
Concise Oxford English vocab
EXACTA — [ ɪg'zaktə ] ■ noun US another term for perfecta . Origin 1960s: from Amer. Sp. quiniela ~ 'exact quinella'.
Concise Oxford English vocab
TRIFECTA — [tri.fec.ta] n [tri- + perfecta] (1974): a variation of the perfecta in which a bettor wins by selecting the first …
Merriam-Webster English vocab
QUINIELA — [qui.nie.la] or qui.nel.la n [AmerSp quiniela, a game of chance resembling a lottery] (1905): a bet in which the bettor …
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EXACTA — [ex.ac.ta] n [AmerSp (quiniela) exacta exact quiniela] (1964): perfecta
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TRIFECTA — n. US, Austral., & NZ a form of betting in which the first three places in a race must be …
Английский основной разговорный словарь
TRIFECTA — n. US, Austral., & NZ a form of betting in which the first three places in a race must be …
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