tortuga – מילון אנגלי-אנגלי
Tortuga
Tortuga is the Spanish word for a
turtle or
tortoise. It may also refer to:
Geography
Islands
- Tortuga (Haiti), a Caribbean island that forms part of Haiti, off the northwest coast of Hispaniola, a pirate stronghold in the 17th-century
- Dry Tortugas, a group of islands in the Florida Keys in the United States
- Dry Tortugas National Park, a national park consisting of Fort Jefferson and the Dry Tortugas
- Isla Tortuga, a volcanic island in the Gulf of California, part of Baja California, Mexico
- La Tortuga Island, an uninhabited 156 km² island in the Caribbean Sea that is a federal dependency of Venezuela
tortuga
nf.
tortoise, any of several species of terrestrial turtle, species of land-dwelling reptile with a hard dome-shaped shell
tortuga
(n.) = turtle ; tortoise ; slowcoach [slow coach] ; slowpoke.
Ex: Their specialty may be turtles, but of the hundreds of turtle articles published they want only a few dozen, perhaps, and the rest do not fill any information need.
Ex: In the abridged Bliss classification we find tortoises, Lizards, Snakes, Crocodiles, Alligators as specific terms of Reptiles.
Ex: By today's standards, this processor is a bit of a slowcoach.
Ex: The United States is starting to look like a slowpoke on the Internet -- examples abound of countries that have faster broadband connections.
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* a paso de tortuga = at a snail's pace ; at a glacial pace.
* correo tortuga = snail mail.
* paso de tortuga = snail's pace.
* tortuga boba = loggerhead (sea) turtle.
* tortuga de agua dulce = terrapin.
* tortuga de río = terrapin.
* tortuga laúd = leatherback (sea) turtle.
* tortuga marina = sea turtle.
