a bet or betting procedure in which one wins if one correctly picks the first and second place finishers in a race
Origin of perfecta
Sp, perfectperfecta
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perfecta
noun
See exacta.
Origin of perfecta
From American Spanish (quiniela) perfecta perfect (quinella) feminine of perfecto perfect from Latin perfectus ; see perfect .THE AMERICAN HERITAGE® DICTIONARY OF THE ENGLISH LANGUAGE, FIFTH EDITION by the Editors of the American Heritage Dictionaries. Copyright © 2016, 2011 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.
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Noun
(plural perfectas)
- (chiefly US) A kind of bet wherein the first and second-place finishers must be predicted in the correct order.
Origin
From American Spanish quiniela perfecta "˜perfect quinella'.
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