tartaruga

Meaning

1. (feminine) turtle, tortoise
2. (feminine) tortoiseshell (carapace of a tortoise)
3. (feminine) testudo (Roman military formation)
4. (feminine) type of bread roll having a pattern of criss-cross incisions
5. (abbreviation, alt-of, clipping, colloquial, feminine) clipping of addominali a tartaruga (“six pack (of one's abs)”)

Concepts

turtle

🐢

tortoise

tortoiseshell

snail

🐌

terrapin

sea turtle

turtle tortoise

six-pack

slowcoach

Synonyms

testuggine

guscio di tartaruga

tartarughe

Translations

Schildkröte

🐢

tortue

tortuga

🐢

tartaruga

🐢

kaplumbağa

🐢

tortuga

🐢

schildpad

χελώνα

testudo

سلحفاة

🐢

tosbağa

carey

tartarugas

سُلَحْفَاة

Hyphenated as

tar‧ta‧rù‧ga

Pronounced as (IPA)

/tar.taˈru.ɡa/

Etymology

From Late Latin tartarucha, feminine form of tartaruchus, a mythological spirit of Greek origin, from Ancient Greek ταρταροῦχος (tartaroûkhos, “inhabitant of Tartarus”), from Τάρταρος (Tártaros). Compare French tortue, Spanish tortuga.