tartaruga

See also: tartarùga

Galician

Etymology

Borrowed from Italian tartaruga.

Noun

tartaruga f (plural tartarugas)

1. turtle, tortoise

Synonyms

• sapoconcho

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Italian

Etymology

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

• IPA^(key): /tar.taˈru.ɡa/

Noun

tartaruga f (plural tartarughe)

1. (zoology) 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

Derived terms

• tartaruga azzannatrice - snapping turtle
• tartaruga embricata - hawksbill turtle

• tartaruga marina - sea turtle
• tartaruga verde - green turtle

Related terms

• tartarughina

See also

• testuggine

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Portuguese

Etymology

Borrowed from Italian tartaruga, from Late Latin tartarucha, feminine of tartaruchus, from Ancient Greek ταρταρούχος (tartaroúkhos, “inhabitant of Tartarus”), from Τάρταρος (Tártaros, “Tartarus”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˌtaɾ.ta.ˈɾu.ɡa/, /ˌtaɹ.ta.ˈɾu.ɡa/
• IPA^(key): /ˌtaɾ.ta.ˈɾu.ɡa/, /ˌtaɻ.ta.ˈɾu.ɡa/

Noun

tartaruga f (plural s)

1. turtle (any reptile of the order Testudines)
2. (colloquial) cat's eye (traffic retroreflective device)
3. (colloquial) (a slow person)

Synonyms

• (turtle): quelônio (Brazil), quelónio (Portugal), testudíneo
• (cat's eye): tachão, olho de gato

Hyponyms

• turtle: cágado, jabuti, tartaruga marinha

Derived terms

• tartarugona (augmentative)
• tartaruguinha, tartarugazinha (diminutives)

• tartaruga-da-amazônia
• tartaruga-cabeçuda
• tartaruga-de-couro
• tartaruga de Galápagos
• tartaruga-de-pente
• tartaruga do Amazonas

• tartaruga-do-mar
• tartaruga marinha
• tartaruga matamatá
• tartaruga-oliva
• tartaruga-verde