"fosforito" meaning in All languages combined

See fosforito on Wiktionary

Adjective [Spanish]

Etymology: From fósforo + -ito. Etymology templates: {{ety|es|:af|fósforo|-ito|text=+|tree=1}} From fósforo + -ito. Head templates: {{es-adj|inv=1}} fosforito (invariable)
  1. fluorescent Tags: invariable
    Sense id: en-fosforito-es-adj-rjKu5yAX
  2. (Argentina, Bolivia, Chile, Ecuador, Nicaragua, Peru, Puerto Rico, Venezuela) quick-tempered, short-tempered (archaic in some of these places) Tags: Argentina, Bolivia, Chile, Ecuador, Nicaragua, Peru, Puerto-Rico, Venezuela, invariable

Noun [Spanish]

Forms: fosforitos [plural]
Etymology: From fósforo + -ito. Etymology templates: {{ety|es|:af|fósforo|-ito|text=+|tree=1}} From fósforo + -ito. Head templates: {{es-noun|m}} fosforito m (plural fosforitos)
  1. highlighter Tags: masculine Synonyms: resaltador, subrayador
    Sense id: en-fosforito-es-noun-z0K591ZS
  2. Chilean firetree Tags: masculine
    Sense id: en-fosforito-es-noun-4Frx-6UZ Categories (other): Pages using etymon with no ID, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries, Pages with etymology trees, Pages with etymon, Spanish entries referencing pages with etymology sections missing etymons, Spanish entries with etymology texts, Spanish entries with etymology trees, Spanish entries with etymon, Spanish entries with incorrect language header, Spanish terms suffixed with -ito, Emotions Disambiguation of Pages using etymon with no ID: 2 17 2 59 3 17 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 1 17 1 63 1 17 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 1 17 1 63 1 17 Disambiguation of Pages with etymology trees: 2 18 2 54 6 17 Disambiguation of Pages with etymon: 2 17 2 59 3 17 Disambiguation of Spanish entries referencing pages with etymology sections missing etymons: 2 19 1 59 4 15 Disambiguation of Spanish entries with etymology texts: 2 19 2 59 4 15 Disambiguation of Spanish entries with etymology trees: 2 19 2 59 4 15 Disambiguation of Spanish entries with etymon: 2 18 2 63 1 14 Disambiguation of Spanish entries with incorrect language header: 2 20 1 59 2 17 Disambiguation of Spanish terms suffixed with -ito: 4 18 2 58 3 15 Disambiguation of Emotions: 3 14 3 62 2 16
  3. diminutive of fósforo, a small matchstick Tags: diminutive, form-of, masculine Form of: fósforo (extra: a small matchstick)
    Sense id: en-fosforito-es-noun-8YRvYIpO
  4. (Argentina, Bolivia, Canary Islands, Ecuador, Venezuela) livewire, firecracker, spitfire (short-tempered individual) Tags: Argentina, Bolivia, Canary-Islands, Ecuador, Venezuela, masculine
    Sense id: en-fosforito-es-noun-hYjFAIc8 Categories (other): Argentine Spanish, Bolivian Spanish, Canarian Spanish, Ecuadorian Spanish, Venezuelan Spanish

Inflected forms

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