Definition of salumeria in English:
salumeria
noun səluːməˈriːəsəˌlo͞oməˈrēə
(chiefly in Italy) a shop specializing in cooked and cured meats, cheeses, and other prepared foods; a delicatessen.
mortadella occupies pride of place in any salumeria
Example sentencesExamples
- The salumeria is now a Japanese restaurant; across the street are a Polish deli and a Spanish restaurant.
- Mario brings dried meats from his father Armandino's salumeria in Seattle.
- We would go to the salumeria and buy a hunk of mortadella di fegato (liver sausage).
- I'd settled into Cafe 2000 because it was at the intersection of a busy shopping street, with a good view of the sort of grocery stores and salumerias that the local people shop at.
- The slices of prosciutto, salami, and dried beef and the small chunks of fresh Parmesan betray a connection to a good salumeria.
Origin
Italian, from salume 'salted meat'.