tatú

See also: tatu, Tatu, Ta-tu, and Ta Tu

Spanish

Etymology

Borrowed from Paraguayan Guaraní tatu. Related to Portuguese and Romanian tatu, French tatou.

Noun

tatú m (plural tatús or tatúes)

1. (Paraguay, Argentina, Uruguay) armadillo

   Synonym: armadillo

Further reading

• “tatú”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 2024 December 10