cágado

== Galician == === Alternative forms === cádigo, cágaro === Etymology === From Old Galician-Portuguese, from Paleo-Hispanic *calap(p)acu, perhaps related to the etymon of cabaza. Cognate with Portuguese cágado (“turtle”), Spanish galápago (“turtle”) and Catalan calàpet (“toad”). === Pronunciation === Hyphenation: cá‧ga‧do === Noun === cágado m (plural cágados) tadpole Synonyms: cabezolo, culler === References === Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, editor (2006–2013), “cágado”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega [Dictionary of Dictionaries of the Galician language] (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, Ernesto Xosé González Seoane, María Álvarez de la Granja, editors (2003–2018), “cágado”, in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega Rosario Álvarez Blanco, editor (2014–2024), “cágado”, in Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega, →ISSN “cágado”, in Dicionario da Real Academia Galega (in Galician), A Coruña: Royal Galician Academy, 2012–2026 “cágado”, in Dicionário Estraviz de galego (in Galician), 2014–2026 == Portuguese == === Etymology === From Old Galician-Portuguese, from Paleo-Hispanic *calap(p)acu, perhaps related to the etymon of cabaça. Cognate with Galician cágado (“tadpole”), Spanish galápago (“turtle”) and Catalan calàpet (“toad”). Doublet of Galápagos. === Pronunciation === Hyphenation: cá‧ga‧do === Noun === cágado m (plural cágados) a terrapin, or any other freshwater turtle (Brazil) side-necked turtle (member of the Pleurodira suborder of turtles) (by extension, derogatory) a slow or lazy person Synonyms: lorpa, mandrião === Adjective === cágado (feminine cágada, masculine plural cágados, feminine plural cágadas, comparable) slow; lazy ==== Derived terms ==== === Further reading === cágado on the Portuguese Wikipedia.Wikipedia pt “cágado”, in Dicionário Aulete Digital (in Portuguese), Rio de Janeiro: Lexikon Editora Digital, 2008–2026 “cágado”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2026