periquete

Spanish

Noun

periquete m (uncountable)

1. (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, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 2024 December 10