allumacare

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Italian

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Etymology

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

Pronunciation

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

Verb

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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

Conjugation

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Derived terms

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Further reading

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