a paso de tortuga
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[edit]Etymology
[edit]Literally, “at [the] step of [a] tortoise”.
Adverb
[edit]- (idiomatic) at a snail's pace; very slowly.
Further reading
[edit]- “a paso de tortuga”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.7, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 2023 November 28