practico

See also: práctico and practicó

English

Etymology

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

Noun

practico (plural practicos)

1. (Cuba, Philippines, obsolete) A guide (person who guides).
   • 1907, Alexander von Humboldt, translated by Thomasina Ross, Personal Narrative of Travels to the Equinoctial Regions of America:

     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 […]

Catalan

Verb

practico

1. first-person singular present indicative of practicar

Italian

Adjective

practico (feminine practica, masculine plural practici, feminine plural practiche)

1. (obsolete) alternative form of pratico

Latin

Adjective

prācticō

1. dative/ablative masculine/neuter singular of prācticus

Portuguese

Verb

practico

1. first-person singular present indicative of practicar

Spanish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /pɾaɡˈtiko/ [pɾaɣ̞ˈt̪i.ko]
• Rhymes: -iko
• Syllabification: prac‧ti‧co

Verb

practico

1. first-person singular present indicative of practicar