tartaruga

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

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Hyphenated as

tar‧ta‧rù‧ga

Pronounced as (IPA)

/tar.taˈru.ɡa/

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.