English-Italian translations for snail

• chiocciola
• fumaca
• lumaca
  Ci siamo mossi a passo di lumaca. We have moved forward at a snail's pace.
  E' chiaro che devono fare uno sforzo per non essere più definite "poste lumaca" , anche se non possono raggiungere la velocità dell' e-mail. They clearly have to make some effort so that they are no longer described as snail mail even if they cannot attain the speed of email.
  Come potete constatare, stiamo compiendo progressi a passo di lumaca. As you can see, then, we are progressing at a snail's pace.
• tartaruga

Definition of snail

• Any of very many animals , of the class Gastropoda, having a coiled shell
• A slow person; a sluggard
• A tortoise or testudo; a movable roof or shed to protect besiegers
• The pod of the snail clover
• To move or travel very slowly

Related words

• snailery
• snailshell
• snailfish
• snaily
• Snailwell
• sea-snail
• snail mail
• Snail Kite
• snail's pace