lumaca
See also: Lumaca
Italian
Etymology
From Vulgar Latin limāca, from Latin līmāx. See also limaccia.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /luˈma.ka/
- Rhymes: -aka
- Hyphenation: lu‧mà‧ca
Noun
lumaca f (plural lumache)
- slug
- (informal or regional) snail
- Synonym: chiocciola
- a passo di lumaca ― at a snail's pace
- (figuratively) slowpoke (US), slowcoach (UK)
- (usually in the plural) type of pasta shaped like a snail's shell
Derived terms
- lumaca di mare
- lumachicida
Anagrams
- caluma, macula