tartaruga

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See also: tartarùga

Galician

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Etymology

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Borrowed from Italian tartaruga.

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): (standard) /taɾtaˈɾuɡa/ [t̪aɾ.t̪aˈɾu.ɣ̞ɐ]
  • IPA(key): (gheada) /taɾtaˈɾuħa/ [t̪aɾ.t̪aˈɾu.ħɐ]

 

  • Hyphenation: tar‧ta‧ru‧ga

Noun

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tartaruga f (plural tartarugas)

  1. turtle, tortoise
    Synonym: sapoconcho

Italian

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Etymology

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From Late Latin tartarucha, feminine form of tartaruchus, a mythological spirit of Greek origin, from Ancient Greek ταρταροῦχος (tartaroûkhos, inhabitant of Tartarus), from Τάρταρος (Tártaros). Compare French tortue, Spanish tortuga.

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /tar.taˈru.ɡa/
  • Rhymes: -uɡa
  • Hyphenation: tar‧ta‧rù‧ga

Noun

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tartaruga f (plural tartarughe)

  1. turtle, tortoise
  2. tortoiseshell (carapace of a tortoise)
  3. (military) testudo (Roman military formation)
  4. (cooking) type of bread roll having a pattern of criss-cross incisions
    Synonym: pane tartaruga
  5. (colloquial) Clipping of addominali a tartaruga (six pack).

Derived terms

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Descendants

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  • Galician: tartaruga
  • Portuguese: tartaruga
  • Spanish: tartaruga

See also

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Further reading

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  • tartaruga in Collins Italian-English Dictionary
  • tartaruga in Luciano Canepari, Dizionario di Pronuncia Italiana (DiPI)
  • tartaruga in Aldo Gabrielli, Grandi Dizionario Italiano (Hoepli)
  • tartaruga in garzantilinguistica.it – Garzanti Linguistica, De Agostini Scuola Spa
  • tartarùga in Dizionario Italiano Olivetti, Olivetti Media Communication
  • tartaruga in sapere.it – De Agostini Editore
  • tartaruga in Treccani.it – Vocabolario Treccani on line, Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana

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Portuguese

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Etymology

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Borrowed from Italian tartaruga, from Late Latin tartarucha, feminine of tartaruchus, from Ancient Greek ταρταροῦχος (tartaroûkhos, inhabitant of Tartarus), from Τάρταρος (Tártaros, Tartarus).

Sense 3 comes from the shape of a cat's eye that resembles a turtle shell.

Pronunciation

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  • Rhymes: -uɡɐ
  • Hyphenation: tar‧ta‧ru‧ga

Noun

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tartaruga f (plural tartarugas)

  1. turtle (any reptile of the order Testudines)
    Synonyms: (Brazil) quelônio, (Portugal) quelónio, testudíneo
    Hyponyms: cágado, jabuti, tartaruga-marinha
  2. (strictly) sea turtle
    Synonym: tartaruga-marinha
  3. (colloquial) cat's eye (traffic retroreflective device)
    Synonyms: tachão, olho de gato
  4. (figuratively, colloquial) a slow person

Derived terms

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Further reading

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Spanish

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Etymology

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Borrowed from Portuguese tartaruga.

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /taɾtaˈɾuɡa/ [t̪aɾ.t̪aˈɾu.ɣ̞a]
  • Rhymes: -uɡa
  • Syllabification: tar‧ta‧ru‧ga

Noun

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tartaruga f (plural tartarugas)

  1. turtle (any reptile of the order Testudines)
    Synonyms: tortuga, quelonio
  2. (figuratively, colloquial) (a slow person)

Derived terms

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