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 Chilean firetree diminutive of fósforo, a small matchstick (Argentina, Bolivia, Canary Islands, Ecuador, Venezuela) livewire, firecracker, spitfire (short-tempered individual) === Further reading === “fosforito”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8.1, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 15 December 2025 “fosforito”, 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 “fosforito”, in Diccionario Básico de Canarismos [Basic Dictionary of Canarianisms] (in Spanish), Canarian Academy of the Language [Spanish: Academia Canaria de La Lengua], 2010