galápago

Spanish

Etymology

Inherited from Old Spanish galapago, from Paleo-Hispanic *calappacu. Compare Catalan calàpet (“toad”), and Portuguese cágado (“turtle, terrapin”).[1]

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ɡaˈlapaɡo/ [ɡaˈla.pa.ɣ̞o]
  • Rhymes: -apaɡo
  • Syllabification: ga‧lá‧pa‧go

Noun

galápago m (plural galápagos)

  1. any of several species of turtle
    Synonyms: quelonio, tortuga
  2. (Ecuador) giant tortoise
    Synonym: tortuga gigante

Derived terms

References

  1. ^ Joan Coromines, José A[ntonio] Pascual (1984) “galápago”, in Diccionario crítico etimológico castellano e hispánico [Critical Castilian and Hispanic Etymological Dictionary] (in Spanish), volume III (G–Ma), Madrid: Gredos, →ISBN, page 26

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