tartaruga

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See also: tartarùga

Galician

Etymology

Borrowed from Italian tartaruga.

Pronunciation

 
  • IPA(key): (standard) /taɾtaˈɾuɡa/
  • IPA(key): (gheada) /taɾtaˈɾuħa/

 

  • Hyphenation: tar‧ta‧ru‧ga

Noun

tartaruga f (plural tartarugas)

  1. turtle, tortoise
    Synonym: sapoconcho

Italian

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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/
  • Rhymes: -uɡa
  • Hyphenation: tar‧ta‧rù‧ga

Noun

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

Descendants

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

See also

Further reading

  • 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

Anagrams

Portuguese

Etymology

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

 

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

Noun

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

Further reading

Spanish

Etymology

Borrowed from Portuguese tartaruga.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /taɾtaˈɾuɡa/
  • Rhymes: -uɡa
  • Syllabification: tar‧ta‧ru‧ga

Noun

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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