tartaruga

== Galician == === Etymology === Borrowed from Italian tartaruga. === Pronunciation === Hyphenation: tar‧ta‧ru‧ga === Noun === tartaruga f (plural tartarugas) turtle, tortoise Synonym: sapoconcho == 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/ Rhymes: -uɡa Hyphenation: tar‧ta‧rù‧ga === Noun === tartaruga f (plural tartarughe) turtle, tortoise tortoiseshell (carapace of a tortoise) (military) testudo (Roman military formation) (cooking) type of bread roll having a pattern of criss-cross incisions Synonym: pane tartaruga (colloquial) clipping of addominali a tartaruga (“six pack (of one's abs)”) ==== Derived terms ==== ==== Related terms ==== tartarughina ==== Descendants ==== → Galician: tartaruga → Portuguese: tartaruga → Spanish: tartaruga ==== See also ==== testuggine === 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 === targatura == 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) turtle (any reptile of the order Testudines) Synonyms: quelônio / quelónio, testudíneo Hyponyms: cágado, jabuti, tartaruga-marinha (strictly) sea turtle Synonym: tartaruga-marinha (colloquial) cat's eye (traffic retroreflective device) Synonyms: tachão, olho de gato (figuratively, colloquial) a slow person ==== Derived terms ==== ==== Descendants ==== → Manado Malay: tuturuga === Further reading === “tartaruga”, in Dicionário Aulete Digital (in Portuguese), Rio de Janeiro: Lexikon Editora Digital, 2008–2026 “tartaruga”, in Dicionário inFormal (in Portuguese), 2006–2026 “tartaruga” in Dicionário Aberto based on Novo Diccionário da Língua Portuguesa de Cândido de Figueiredo, 1913 “tartaruga”, in Dicionário infopédia da Lingua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Porto: Porto Editora, 2003–2026 “tartaruga”, in Michaelis Dicionário Brasileiro da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), São Paulo: Editora Melhoramentos, 2015–2026, →ISBN “tartaruga”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2026 == Spanish == === Etymology === Borrowed from Portuguese tartaruga. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /taɾtaˈɾuɡa/ [t̪aɾ.t̪aˈɾu.ɣ̞a] Rhymes: -uɡa Syllabification: tar‧ta‧ru‧ga === Noun === tartaruga f (plural tartarugas) turtle (any reptile of the order Testudines) Synonyms: tortuga, quelonio (figuratively, colloquial) (a slow person) ==== Derived terms ====