galápago
Spanish edit
Etymology edit
From a pre-Roman substrate of Iberia *calappacu; compare Catalan calàpet (“toad”), Portuguese cágado (“turtle, terrapin”).[1]
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
galápago m (plural galápagos)
- any of several species of turtle
- (Ecuador) giant tortoise
- Synonym: tortuga gigante
Derived terms edit
References edit
- ^ Joan Coromines, José A. Pascual (1983–1991) Diccionario crítico etimológico castellano e hispánico (in Spanish), Madrid: Gredos
Further reading edit
- “galápago”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014