acumular

Borrowed from Latin accumulāre (“accumulate”).

• IPA^(key): (Central, Balearic) [ə.ku.muˈla]
• IPA^(key): (Valencia) [a.ku.muˈlaɾ]

acumular (first-person singular present acumulo, first-person singular preterite acumulí, past participle acumulat)

1. (transitive) to accumulate (to heap up in a mass)
2. (reflexive) to accumulate (to grow in number or volume)

• acumulable
• acumulació
• acumulador
• acumulament
• acumulatiu

• cúmul

• “acumular” in Diccionari català-valencià-balear, Antoni Maria Alcover and Francesc de Borja Moll, 1962.
• “acumular” in Diccionari normatiu valencià, Acadèmia Valenciana de la Llengua.
• “acumular”, in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana, 2025
• “acumular”, in Diccionari de la llengua catalana [Dictionary of the Catalan Language] (in Catalan), second edition, Institute of Catalan Studies [Catalan: Institut d'Estudis Catalans], April 2007

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• IPA^(key): /akumuˈlaɾ/ [ɑ.ku.muˈlaɾ]
• Rhymes: -aɾ
• Hyphenation: a‧cu‧mu‧lar

acumular (first-person singular present acumulo, first-person singular preterite acumulei, past participle acumulado)

1. to accumulate

• acumulación

• “acumular”, in Dicionario da Real Academia Galega (in Galician), A Coruña: Royal Galician Academy, 2012–2025

acumular

1. to accumulate

• acumulacion

• accumular (pre-standardization spelling)

Learned borrowing from Latin accumulāre (“accumulate”).

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• Hyphenation: a‧cu‧mu‧lar

acumular (first-person singular present acumulo, first-person singular preterite acumulei, past participle acumulado)

1. to accumulate (to grow in number)

   Synonyms: juntar, armazenar, amontoar, ajuntar, cumular

   • 1938, Graciliano Ramos, “Mudança [A New Home]”, in Vidas Seccas [Barren Lives], Rio de Janeiro: Livraria José Olympio Editora, page 15:

     Olhou o ceo de novo. Os cirrus accumulavam-se, a lua surgiu, grande e branca. Certamente ia chover.

     He looked at the sky again. The cirruses clumped together, the moon came up, large and white. It was certainly going to rain.

• “acumular” in Dicionário Aberto based on Novo Diccionário da Língua Portuguesa de Cândido de Figueiredo, 1913

• cumular (rare)

Borrowed from Latin accumulāre (“accumulate”).

• IPA^(key): /akumuˈlaɾ/ [a.ku.muˈlaɾ]

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• Rhymes: -aɾ
• Syllabification: a‧cu‧mu‧lar

acumular (first-person singular present acumulo, first-person singular preterite acumulé, past participle acumulado)

1. (transitive) to accumulate (to heap up in a mass)

• “acumular”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 10 December 2024

Borrowed from Latin accumulāre (“accumulate”). Compare Italian accumulare.

acumular

1. (transitive) To accumulate, hoard or amass

* Venetan conjugation varies from one region to another. Hence, the following conjugation should be considered as typical, not as exhaustive.