tartaruga
Spanish, noun/taɾtaˈɾuɡa/
tartaruga is spelled T-A-R-T-A-R-U-G-A (9 letters) and appears about once in every 81 million words in written Spanish, the 311,210th most frequent Spanish word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Tartaruga is a Spanish feminine noun meaning “turtle (any reptile of the order Testudines)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026).
What does tartaruga mean in English?
noun
- 1
feminineturtle (any reptile of the order Testudines)
- 2
colloquialfeminine(a slow person)
Source: English Wiktionary, Spanish section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
Forms of tartaruga
- tartarugas plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce tartaruga?
- /taɾtaˈɾuɡa/
- [t̪aɾ.t̪aˈɾu.ɣ̞a]
Sources: English Wiktionary, Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is tartaruga in Spanish?
tartaruga appears about once in every 81 million words in written Spanish.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).