Italian edit

Etymology edit

From a- (to, towards) +‎ lumaca (snail) +‎ -are (1st-conjugation verbal suffix).

Pronunciation edit

  • IPA(key): /al.lu.maˈka.re/
  • Rhymes: -are
  • Hyphenation: al‧lu‧ma‧cà‧re

Verb edit

allumacàre (first-person singular present allumàco, first-person singular past historic allumacài, past participle allumacàto, auxiliary avére)

  1. (transitive, Tuscan) to mark with a trail of slime or mucus
  2. (transitive, Tuscan, by extension) to smudge, to dirty
  3. (transitive, Tuscan, by extension) to make streaks on (a fabric) by ironing it against the nap

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Further reading edit

  • allumacare in Treccani.it – Vocabolario Treccani on line, Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana