tortuga

Senso

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

Con trattino come

tor‧tu‧ga

Genere

♀️ Femminile

Pronunciato come (IPA)

/toɾˈtuɡa/

Etimologia

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.