Feminine
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tortuga

Meaning

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

Synonyms

Frequency

C1
Hyphenated as
tor‧tu‧ga
Pronounced as (IPA)
/toɾˈtuɡa/
Etymology

In summary

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.

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