jabuti

Meaning

1. (masculine) either a yellow-footed tortoise (Chelonoidis denticulatus) or the red-footed tortoise (Chelonoidis carbonarius)
2. (Brazil, broadly, masculine) any tortoise (terrestrial turtle)
3. (Brazil, masculine, slang) an amendment to a law which is strange to its main subject, as "tortoises do not climb trees" (Brazilian proverb) (it was put onto the tree by someone)

Concepts

tortoise

turtle

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Synonyms

tartaruga

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cágado

tartarugas

Translations

testuggine

tortue

tartaruga

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tosbağa

tortuga

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Landschildkröte

Schildkröte

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χελώνα

schildpad

tortuga

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tortuga terrestre

morrocoy

kaplumbağa

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Pronounced as (IPA)

/ʒa.buˈt͡ʃi/

Etymology

Borrowed from Old Tupi îaboti.