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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
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