perficio

Meaning

  1. (conjugation-3, iō-variant) to finish, complete
  2. (conjugation-3, iō-variant) to perfect
  3. (conjugation-3, iō-variant) to carry out, execute, perform
  4. (conjugation-3, iō-variant) to achieve, accomplish
  5. (broadly, conjugation-3, iō-variant) to bring about, cause, effect
  6. (conjugation-3, iō-variant, vulgar) to finish; to come to completion (to ejaculate)

Pronounced as (IPA)
[pɛrˈfɪ.ki.oː]
Etymology

From Proto-Italic *perifakjō. Equivalent to per- (“through, along; during”) + faciō (“do, make”).

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