lumaca
See also: Lumaca
Italian edit
Etymology edit
From Vulgar Latin limāca, from Latin līmāx. See also limaccia.
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
lumaca f (plural lumache)
- slug
- (informal or regional) snail
- Synonym: chiocciola
- a passo di lumaca ― at a snail's pace
- (figurative) slowpoke (US), slowcoach (UK)
- (usually in the plural) type of pasta shaped like a snail's shell