allumacare

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Italian

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

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

Verb

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

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