galápago

Spanish

Etymology

From a pre-Roman substrate of Iberia *calappacu; compare Catalan calàpet (“toad”), Portuguese cágado (“turtle, terrapin”).

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

• galápago europeo
• galápago leproso
• islas Galápagos
• tener más conchas que un galápago

 

Further reading

• “galápago”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), 23rd edition, Royal Spanish Academy, 2014 October 16