fosforito

Spanish

Etymology

From fósforo +‎ -ito.

Adjective

fosforito (invariable)

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

Noun

fosforito m (plural fosforitos)

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

Further reading

“fosforito”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014

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