perfecta

See also: perfectă

English

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /pəˈfɛktə/

Etymology 1

From American Spanish quiniela perfecta (“perfect quinella”).

Noun

perfecta (plural perfectas)

1. (chiefly US) A kind of bet wherein the first- and second-place finishers must be predicted in the correct order.

Derived terms

• exacta
• quadfecta
• superfecta
• trifecta

See also

• quiniela

Etymology 2

Noun

perfecta

1. (historical, Christianity) A female perfect (Cathar leader).

Anagrams

• praefect, præfect

Catalan

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (Central, Balearic) [pərˈfɛk.tə]
• IPA^(key): (Valencia) [peɾˈfɛk.ta]

Adjective

perfecta f sg

1. feminine singular of perfecte

Latin

Pronunciation 1

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): [pɛrˈfɛk.ta]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): [perˈfɛk.ta]

Participle

perfecta

1. inflection of perfectus:
   1. nominative/vocative feminine singular
   2. nominative/accusative/vocative neuter plural

Adjective

perfecta

1. inflection of perfectus:
   1. nominative/vocative feminine singular
   2. nominative/accusative/vocative neuter plural

Pronunciation 2

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): [pɛrˈfɛk.taː]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): [perˈfɛk.ta]

Participle

perfectā

1. ablative feminine singular of perfectus

Adjective

perfectā

1. ablative feminine singular of perfectus

Romanian

Etymology 1

From perfect +‎ -a.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /per.fekˈta/
• Rhymes: -a
• Hyphenation: per‧fec‧ta

Verb

a perfecta (third-person singular present perfectează, past participle perfectat) 1st conjugation

1. (transitive) to conclude, to conclude, to finalize

   Synonyms: definitiva, desăvârși, încheia

Conjugation

    conjugation of perfecta (first conjugation, -ez- infix)

infinitive			a perfecta
gerund			perfectând
past participle			perfectat
number		singular			plural
person		1st person	2nd person	3rd person	1st person	2nd person	3rd person
indicative		eu	tu	el/ea	noi	voi	ei/ele
	present	perfectez	perfectezi	perfectează	perfectăm	perfectați	perfectează
	imperfect	perfectam	perfectai	perfecta	perfectam	perfectați	perfectau
	simple perfect	perfectai	perfectași	perfectă	perfectarăm	perfectarăți	perfectară
	pluperfect	perfectasem	perfectaseși	perfectase	perfectaserăm	perfectaserăți	perfectaseră
subjunctive		eu	tu	el/ea	noi	voi	ei/ele
	present	să perfectez	să perfectezi	să perfecteze	să perfectăm	să perfectați	să perfecteze
imperative		—	tu	—	—	voi	—
	affirmative		perfectează			perfectați
	negative		nu perfecta			nu perfectați

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /perˈfek.ta/
• Rhymes: -ekta
• Hyphenation: per‧fec‧ta

Adjective

perfecta

1. definite feminine singular of perfect

Further reading

• perfecta in Academia Română, Micul dicționar academic, ediția a II-a, Bucharest: Univers Enciclopedic, 2010. →ISBN

Spanish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /peɾˈfeɡta/ [peɾˈfeɣ̞.t̪a]
• Rhymes: -eɡta
• Syllabification: per‧fec‧ta

Adjective

perfecta f sg

1. feminine singular of perfecto