galápago
Spanish, noun/ɡaˈlapaɡo/
galápago is spelled G-A-L-Á-P-A-G-O (8 letters) and appears about once in every 8 million words in written Spanish, the 105,087th most frequent Spanish word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Galápago is a Spanish masculine noun meaning “any of several species of turtle” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) defines it as “Cualquiera de varias especies de tortugas acuáticas, no emparentadas filogenéticamente entre sí y…”.
What does galápago mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculineany of several species of turtle
- 2
masculinegiant tortoise
Source: English Wiktionary, Spanish section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Spanish dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Cualquiera de varias especies de tortugas acuáticas, no emparentadas filogenéticamente entre sí y caracterizadas por la presencia de membrana interdigital. 2. (Geochelone nigra) Tortuga terrestre, endémica del archipiélago homónimo. Es el mayor de los quelonios, alcanzando los 2 m de longitud y los 225 kg de peso. Es hervíbora, normalmente sedentaria y muy longeva. 3. Cimbra pequeña para formar las bovedillas de un techo. 4. Refuerzo que se aplica en los sótanos construidos en terreno húmedo para evitar el desplazamiento del material.
The definition in the Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario), in Spanish.
Source: Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario), dump of September 1, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org.
Forms of galápago
- galápagos plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce galápago?
- /ɡaˈlapaɡo/
- [ɡaˈla.pa.ɣ̞o]
- [gaˈlapaɣ̞o]
Sources: English Wiktionary, Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to galápago
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is galápago in Spanish?
galápago appears about once in every 8 million words in written Spanish.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).