la lumaca

Parola del giorno

Today’s Parola del giorno is the noun la lumaca, which means snail.

To call someone a lumaca is to indicate that they are slow or lazy!

See the expression used below:

Giulia è pronta da mezz’ora, con il cappotto già addosso, ma Marco è ancora sul divano. È proprio una lumaca!

Giulia has been ready for half an hour, already wearing her coat, but Marco is still on the couch. He’s such a snail!

There are other ways to say snail in Italian, like the word la chiocciola, which usually refers to a snail that has the tell-tale spiral shell or the Italian word for the at sign (@).