lumaca

Meaning

1. (feminine) slug
2. (feminine, informal, regional) snail
3. (feminine, figuratively) slowpoke (US), slowcoach (UK)
4. (feminine, plural-normally) type of pasta shaped like a snail's shell

Concepts

snail

🐌

slug

escargot

seashell

slowcoach

slowpoke

snail-shell

stick-in-the-mud

French escargot

Roman snail

bourgogne snail

burgundy snail

edible snail

Helix pomatia

helix

plodder

Synonyms

chiocciola

🐌

limaccia

lumacone

posapiano

Helix pomatia

moncia

ciammaruca

guscio di lumaca

chiocciola piemontese

marmotta

polenta

Translations

Schnecke

🐌

caracol

🐌

escargot

🐌

slak

🐌

caracol

🐌

limace

cargol

lesma

cochlea

🐌

babosa

σαλιγκάρι

huisjesslak

🐌

caramujo

🐌

naaktslak

Hyphenated as

lu‧mà‧ca

Pronounced as (IPA)

/luˈma.ka/

Etymology

From Vulgar Latin limāca, from Latin līmāx. See also limaccia.