broască-țestoasă

Romanian

Etymology

Literally "shelled frog"; țestoasă is the feminine of țestos (“shelled”), derived from țest (“shell”), from Latin testum. Compare Latin testūdō, Aromanian broascã tsãstoasã.

Noun

broască țestoasă f (plural broaște țestoase)

  1. tortoise, turtle

Synonyms

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