galápago
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Spanish[edit]
Etymology[edit]
From a pre-Roman substrate of Iberia *calappacu (compare Catalan calàpat ‘toad’).[1]
Pronunciation[edit]
Noun[edit]
galápago m (plural galápagos)
- Any of several species of turtle.
- (Ecuador) giant tortoise
Synonyms[edit]
- (common name for a turtle): quelonio, tortuga
- (giant tortoise): tortuga gigante
Derived terms[edit]
Further reading[edit]
- “galápago” in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014.
References[edit]
- ^ Joan Corominas, Diccionario crítico etimológico castellano e hispánico, vol. 2 (Madrid: Editorial Gredos, 1996), 620-623.
