Meaning
firefly; prostitute
- a firefly or glow-worm (bioluminescent insect)
- (figurative, colloquial) a streetwalker, a prostitute
In a sentence
D'estate la campagna si illumina di centinaia di lucciole.
In summer, the countryside lights up with hundreds of fireflies.
Hai mai visto una lucciola brillare nel buio del giardino?
Have you ever seen a firefly glow in the dark of the garden?
Non prendere lucciole per lanterne: la situazione è ben diversa.
Don't make a careless mistake: the situation is quite different.
Word forms (2)
| Word | Word forms |
|---|---|
| lucciola | feminine · singular |
| lucciole | feminine · plural |
Usage notes
- In the idiom 'prendere lucciole per lanterne', it means to make a gross blunder or mistake.