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practico

practico noun: a guide (person who guides).

Noun

practico (plural practicos)

  1. (Cuba, Philippines, obsolete) A guide (person who guides).
    • On the 14th March, we entered the Bio Guaurabo, one of the two ports of Trinidad de Cuba, to put on shore the practico, or pilot of Batabano, who had steered us across the flats of the Jardinillos […]1907, Alexander von Humboldt, translated by Thomasina Ross, Personal Narrative of Travels to the Equinoctial Regions of America

Forms of practico

pluralpracticos

Origin of practico

Borrowed from Spanish práctico (“experienced; skilled; practiced”). Doublet of practic.

Questions about practico

What does practico mean?
Practico means a guide (person who guides).
What part of speech is practico?
Practico is a noun.
What is the plural of practico?
The plural of practico is practicos.

Words near practico in the dictionary

  1. practicing what one preaches
  2. practicings
  3. practicioner
  4. practick
  5. practicks
  6. practico
  7. practico-inert
  8. practico-inertia
  9. practicos
  10. practics
  11. practicum

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