tartaruga

Borrowed from Italian tartaruga.

tartaruga f (plural tartarugas)

1. turtle, tortoise

• sapoconcho

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.

• IPA^(key): /tar.taˈru.ɡa/

tartaruga f (plural tartarughe)

1. (zoology) turtle, tortoise
2. tortoiseshell (carapace of a tortoise)
3. (military) testudo (Roman military formation)
4. (cooking) type of bread roll having a pattern of criss-cross incisions

   Synonym: pane tartaruga

5. (colloquial) Clipping of addominali a tartaruga (“six pack”).

• tartarughina

• testuggine

Borrowed from Italian tartaruga, from Late Latin tartarucha, feminine of tartaruchus, from Ancient Greek ταρταρούχος (tartaroúkhos, “inhabitant of Tartarus”), from Τάρταρος (Tártaros, “Tartarus”).

• (Paulista) IPA^(key): /ˌtaɾ.ta.ˈɾu.ɡa/, /ˌtaɹ.ta.ˈɾu.ɡa/
• (South Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˌtaɾ.ta.ˈɾu.ɡa/, /ˌtaɻ.ta.ˈɾu.ɡa/

tartaruga f (plural tartarugas)

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

• turtle: quelônio (Brazil), quelónio (Portugal), testudíneo
• cat's eye: tachão, olho de gato

• turtle: cágado, jabuti, tartaruga marinha

• tartarugona (augmentative)
• tartaruguinha, tartarugazinha (diminutives)