Italian Slang: L

by Deirdre Straughan on November 6, 2006   

Italian Slang Dictionary: intro A B C D E F G I L M N O P Q R S T U V X Z

Leccaculo

[LEK-ah-COOL-oh] leccare “to lick” + culo = “Ass licker”, what Americans would call a brown-noser. A variant is leccachiappe [LEK-ah-KYAHP-pay] – butt cheeks licker.

Lumare

[loo-MAR-ray] To ogle. (Northern/Lombard/Milanese.)

 

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Chris. August 21, 2011 at 11:06 pm

Is it just me or is up the top missing the letter “H”?

Deirdre Straughan August 22, 2011 at 5:34 pm

H isn’t used as an initial letter in the Italian alphabet except in a few imported words like hotel, and I can’t think of any Italian slang that begins with H.

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