allumacare
Italian edit
Etymology edit
From a- (“to, towards”) + lumaca (“snail”) + -are (1st-conjugation verbal suffix).
Pronunciation edit
Verb edit
allumacàre (first-person singular present allumàco, first-person singular past historic allumacài, past participle allumacàto, auxiliary avére)
- (transitive, Tuscan) to mark with a trail of slime or mucus
- (transitive, Tuscan, by extension) to smudge, to dirty
- (transitive, Tuscan, by extension) to make streaks on (a fabric) by ironing it against the nap
Conjugation edit
Conjugation of allumacàre (-are) (See Appendix:Italian verbs)
Derived terms edit
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Further reading edit
- allumacare in Treccani.it – Vocabolario Treccani on line, Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana