Masculine

galápago

Meaning

  1. (masculine) any of several species of turtle
  2. (Ecuador, masculine) giant tortoise

Concepts

Hyphenated as
ga‧lá‧pa‧go
Pronounced as (IPA)
/ɡaˈlapaɡo/
Etymology

In summary

Inherited from Old Spanish galapago, from Paleo-Hispanic. Compare Catalan calàpet (“toad”), and Portuguese cágado (“turtle, terrapin”).

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