piojito

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Spanish

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Etymology

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From piojo (louse) +‎ -ito.

Noun

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piojito m (plural piojitos)

  1. tyrannulet
  2. (colloquial, Mexico, El Salvador, Guatemala, Ecuador) a stroke, caress or scratch, done on a person's scalp with one's fingers

Derived terms

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Further reading

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  • piojito” in Diccionario de americanismos, Asociación de Academias de la Lengua Española, 2010