galápago
Spanish
Etymology
From a pre-Roman substrate of Iberia *calappacu; compare Catalan calàpet (“toad”), Portuguese cágado (“turtle, terrapin”).[1]
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ɡaˈlapaɡo/ [ɡaˈla.pa.ɣ̞o]
- Rhymes: -apaɡo
- Syllabification: ga‧lá‧pa‧go
Noun
galápago m (plural galápagos)
- any of several species of turtle
- (Ecuador) giant tortoise
- Synonym: tortuga gigante
Derived terms
- galápago europeo
- galápago leproso
- islas Galápagos
- tener más conchas que un galápago
References
- Joan Coromines, José A. Pascual (1983–1991) Diccionario crítico etimológico castellano e hispánico (in Spanish), Madrid: Gredos
Further reading
- “galápago”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014
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