periquete

== Spanish == === Noun === periquete m (uncountable) (colloquial) tick, jiffy ==== Usage notes ==== Today, it is almost exclusively used in the phrase en un periquete === Further reading === “periquete”, 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