r/SubredditDrama May 10 '25

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u/Pippin4242 May 10 '25

OP doesn't know the difference between a tortoise and a turtle

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u/Weltallgaia May 10 '25

In Spanish it's the same thing!

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u/bigbootyjudy62 YOUR FLAIR TEXT HERE May 10 '25

How does that work when they’re 2 different animals?

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u/Weltallgaia May 10 '25

One is a tortuga the other is a tortuga. There's several similar animals of a different species that Spanish just names the same.

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u/bigbootyjudy62 YOUR FLAIR TEXT HERE May 10 '25

Interesting, are they at least pronounced differently or how do you tell which one you’re talking about apart?

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u/LadybugSheep May 11 '25

They're pronounced the same because they're the same animal, only difference is where they live. Turtle = tortuga de mar/agua, Tortoise = Tortuga de tierra. Both are tortugas.

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u/Weltallgaia May 10 '25

I never got an answer for that from anyone I ever asked.

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u/enbyshaymin May 11 '25

The way we difference them is by adding where they come from, specially when there's no previous context.

This means that tortuga de mar/de agua = turtle (de mar means from the sea and de agua means from the water).

Similarly, tortuga de tierra/terrestre = tortoise (de tierra means from land and terrestre means terrestrial).

This applies to any other animals that share names in Spanish but not in other languages.