fosforito
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Spanish[edit]
Etymology[edit]
Adjective[edit]
fosforito (invariable)
- fluorescent
- (Argentina, Bolivia, Chile, Ecuador, Nicaragua, Peru, Puerto Rico, Venezuela) quick-tempered, short-tempered (archaic in some of these places)
Noun[edit]
fosforito m (plural fosforitos)
- 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.
- Chilean firetree
- Diminutive of fósforo, a small matchstick
- (Argentina, Bolivia, Ecuador, Venezuela) livewire, firecracker, spitfire
Further reading[edit]
- “fosforito”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014
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