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tartaruga.

turtle (any reptile of the order Testudines)

9 characters4 syllables approx.Português language

Meaning & usage

noun/taʁ.taˈɾu.ɡɐ/Brazil[tah.taˈɾu.ɡɐ]Brazil/taɾ.taˈɾu.ɡɐ/São-Paulo/taʁ.taˈɾu.ɡɐ/Rio-de-Janeiro
  1. turtle (any reptile of the order Testudines)

    feminine
  2. sea turtle

    feminine
  3. cat's eye (traffic retroreflective device)

    colloquial · feminine
  4. a slow person

    colloquial · feminine · figuratively
Where this word comes from

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.

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