tartaruga

Meaning

1. (feminine) turtle (any reptile of the order Testudines)
2. (feminine) sea turtle
3. (colloquial, feminine) cat's eye (traffic retroreflective device)
4. (colloquial, feminine, figuratively) a slow person

Concepts

turtle

🐢

tortoise

turtles

marine turtles

sea turtle

sea turtles

terrapin

tortoiseshell

Synonyms

tartarugas

jabuti

cágado

Testudinata

tartaruga aquática

Tartarugas

tartaruga marinha

Tartaruga

Translations

tortue

Schildkröte

🐢

tortuga

🐢

schildpad

tartaruga

🐢

tortuga

🐢

kaplumbağa

🐢

χελώνα

testudo

سلحفاة

🐢

testuggine

tartarughe

سُلَحْفَاة

chelys

Pronounced as (IPA)

/taʁ.taˈɾu.ɡɐ/

Etymology

Borrowed from Italian: tartaruga

In summary

Borrowed from Italian tartaruga, from Late Latin tartarucha, feminine of tartaruchus, from Ancient Greek ταρταροῦχος (tartaroûkhos, “inhabitant of Tartarus”), from Τάρταρος (Tártaros, “Tartarus”).
Sense 3 comes from the shape of a cat's eye that resembles a turtle shell.