fosforito

Spanish

Etymology

From fósforo +‎ -ito.

Adjective

fosforito (invariable)

  1. fluorescent
  2. (Argentina, Bolivia, Chile, Ecuador, Nicaragua, Peru, Puerto Rico, Venezuela) quick-tempered, short-tempered (archaic in some of these places)

Noun

fosforito m (plural fosforitos)

  1. highlighter
    Synonyms: resaltador, subrayador
    • 2015 July 5, “66 días bastan para cambiar un hábito”, in El País‎[1]:
      Si tiene una agenda, márquelo con fosforito.
      If you have an agenda, mark it with a highlighter.
  2. Chilean firetree
  3. diminutive of fósforo, a small matchstick
  4. (Argentina, Bolivia, Ecuador, Venezuela) livewire, firecracker, spitfire

Further reading

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