Skip to content
← All words

abbiocco

/ahb-BYOK-koh/ · noun (colloq.)

post-meal drowsiness

look it up on WordReference ↗

In context

Dopo pranzo mi viene l'abbiocco.

After lunch I get sleepy.

That heavy, happy sleepiness that follows a big lunch. English needs a whole sentence for it; Italian has one perfect word.