jabuti

Betekenis (Engels)

1. (masculine) either a yellow-footed tortoise (Chelonoidis denticulatus) or the red-footed tortoise (Chelonoidis carbonarius)
2. (Brazil, broadly, masculine) any tortoise (terrestrial turtle)
3. (Brazil, masculine, slang) an amendment to a law which is strange to its main subject, as "tortoises do not climb trees" (Brazilian proverb) (it was put onto the tree by someone)

Sinonieme

tartaruga

🐢

cágado

tartarugas

Vertalings

tortoise

testuggine

tortue

tartaruga

🐢

tortuga

🐢

tortuga terrestre

morrocoy

Schildkröte

🐢

kaplumbağa

🐢

tosbağa

χελώνα

Landschildkröte

tortuga

🐢

schildpad

Uitgespreek as (IPA)

/ʒa.buˈt͡ʃi/

Etimologie (Engels)

Borrowed from Old Tupi îaboti.