galactico

See also: galáctico

English

Etymology

Borrowed from Spanish galáctico. Doublet of galactic.

Noun

galactico (plural galacticos)

1. (soccer) A football superstar.
   • 2009 February 23, “Editorial: Brown in Berlin, image and reality”, in The Guardian‎^[1]:

     The danger about each of Mr Brown's weekend initiatives - his appearance as a galactico in Team Europe and his robust hostility to excessive lending - is that each may be more tactical than strategic, more appearance than reality.

   • 2009 July 7, “Ronaldo rocks 80,000 fans at Bernabeu”, in Toronto Star‎^[2]:

     Perez has promised a return of the "galactico" era at Madrid after initiating the original one from 2000-06 with the blockbuster signings of Zinedine Zidane, Beckham, Luis Figo and Brazil's Ronaldo.

Anagrams

• catalogic

Latin

Adjective

galacticō

1. dative/ablative masculine/neuter singular of galacticus

Portuguese

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ɡaˈla.ki.t͡ʃi.ku/, /ɡaˈlak.t͡ʃi.ku/

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ɡaˈla.ki.t͡ʃi.ku/, /ɡaˈlak.t͡ʃi.ku/
  • (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /ɡaˈlak.t͡ʃi.ko/, /ɡaˈla.ki.t͡ʃi.ko/

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /ɡɐˈla.kti.ku/

Adjective

galactico (feminine galactica, masculine plural galacticos, feminine plural galacticas)

1. Alternative form of galático