a paso de tortuga
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Spanish
Etymology
Literally, “at [the] step of [a] tortoise”.
Adverb
- (idiomatic) at a snail's pace; very slowly.
Further reading
- “a paso de tortuga”, 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
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