tortuga

Meaning

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

Concepts

turtle

🐢

tortoise

sea turtle

snail

🐌

terrapin

turtle tortoise

Synonyms

motelo

tortugas

morrocoy

tortuga terrestre

galápago

dickhead

chelonian

dick encabezan

peta

🐢

charapa

testudines

icotea

hicotea

morrocoy

lento

torta

tórtola

cockhead

Hyphenated as

tor‧tu‧ga

Gender

♀️ Feminine

Pronounced as (IPA)

/toɾˈtuɡa/

Etymology

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.