"perfecta" meaning in English

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Noun

IPA: /pəˈfɛktə/ Forms: perfectas [plural]
Etymology: From American Spanish quiniela perfecta (“perfect quinella”). Etymology templates: {{der|en|es|quiniela perfecta|t=perfect quinella}} Spanish quiniela perfecta (“perfect quinella”) Head templates: {{en-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. Tags: US Derived forms: superfecta, trifecta Related terms: quiniela
    Sense id: en-perfecta-en-noun--dLIX4Qj Categories (other): American English, English entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 5 entries, Pages with entries Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 90 10 Disambiguation of Pages with 5 entries: 21 6 19 19 23 7 5 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 19 4 22 22 27 4 3
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 1

Noun

IPA: /pəˈfɛktə/
Head templates: {{en-noun|?}} perfecta
  1. (historical, Christianity) A female perfect (Cathar leader). Tags: historical Categories (topical): Christianity
    Sense id: en-perfecta-en-noun-JJp8UoIf Topics: Christianity
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 2

Inflected forms

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