different between spitfire vs cacafuego

English

A compound of spit +? fire

spitfire (plural spitfires)

A cannon
A person with a fiery temper, someone easily provoked to anger, especially a woman or girl.[1801]
- 1801, Peter Viereck, The Works of the Rev. Jonathan Swift, D.D., Dean of St. Patrick's, Dublin., Volume ????, by John Nichols (arranged by Thomas Sheridan), p. 143, published in London
  "?But however provoked, are your scribbling spitfires never to be satisfied?"

From Spanish. From the nickname of the Spanish galleon Nuestra Señora de la Concepción, meaning "fire-shitter". See caca, fuego.

cacafuego (plural cacafuegos)

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