allumacare

== 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) (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 ==== ==== Derived terms ==== allumacato allumacatura ==== Related terms ==== lumacoso === Further reading === allumacare in Treccani.it – Vocabolario Treccani on line, Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana