solmáforo

Spanish

Etymology

Blend of sol (“sun”) +‎ semáforo (“traffic light”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /solˈmafoɾo/ [solˈma.fo.ɾo]
• Rhymes: -afoɾo
• Syllabification: sol‧má‧fo‧ro

Noun

solmáforo m (plural solmáforos)

1. (Chile, somewhat uncommon) an instrument for measuring ultraviolet radiation

Further reading

• “solmáforo”, 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
• solmáforo on the Spanish Wikipedia.Wikipedia ^es