tortuga

Betekenis (Engels)

1. (feminine) turtle
2. (feminine) tortoise
3. (feminine) snail (a slow person)

Koppelteken as

tor‧tu‧ga

Geslag

♀️ Vroulik

Uitgespreek as (IPA)

/toɾˈtuɡa/

Etimologie (Engels)

Inherited from Old Spanish tartuga, probably from the feminine of Late Latin tartarucchus or tartarūchus, a mythological spirit of Greek origin, from Ancient Greek ταρταροῦχος (tartaroûkhos), from Τάρταρος (Tártaros). Cf. also Medieval Latin tortūca.