galápago

Spanish

Etymology

From a pre-Roman substrate of Iberia *calappacu (compare Catalan calàpat ‘toad’).[1]

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ɡaˈlapaɡo/, [ɡaˈlapaɣo]

Noun

galápago m (plural galápagos)

Any of several species of turtle.
(Ecuador) giant tortoise

Synonyms

(common name for a turtle): quelonio, tortuga
(giant tortoise): 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, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014.

References

Joan Corominas, Diccionario crítico etimológico castellano e hispánico, vol. 2 (Madrid: Editorial Gredos, 1996), 620-623.

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