chisperío
Spanish
Etymology
From chispa (“spark”) + -erío.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /t͡ʃispeˈɾio/ [t͡ʃis.peˈɾi.o]
Audio (Costa Rica): (file) - Rhymes: -io
- Syllabification: chis‧pe‧rí‧o
Noun
chisperío m (plural chisperíos)
- (El Salvador, Honduras, Nicaragua, Costa Rica, Mexico, Uruguay, Chile, uncommon) a group of sparks
- Synonym: chispero
Further reading
- “chisperío”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 10 December 2024
- “chisperío”, in Diccionario de americanismos [Dictionary of Americanisms] (in Spanish), Association of Academies of the Spanish Language [Spanish: Asociación de Academias de la Lengua Española], 2010