túmulo

From Latin tumulus (“mound; barrow”), from tumeō (“I swell”), from Proto-Indo-European *tūm- (“to swell, to increase”).

• IPA^(key): /ˈtumulo/ [ˈt̪u.mu.lʊ]
• Rhymes: -umulo
• Hyphenation: tú‧mu‧lo

túmulo m (plural túmulos)

1. tomb
2. burial mound

Learned borrowing from Latin tumulus (“mound; barrow”), from tumeō (“to swell”), from Proto-Indo-European *tūm- (“to swell, to increase”).

• Rhymes: -umulu
• Hyphenation: tú‧mu‧lo

túmulo m (plural túmulos)

1. tomb (small building or vault for the remains of the dead)

   Synonyms: sepulcro, tumba

2. grave (excavation for burial)

   Synonyms: carneiro, cova, jazigo, sepulcro, sepultura, tumba

3. (figurative) someone who keeps secrets

• a boca ser um túmulo
• revirar-se no túmulo

• tumular
• tumulário
• tumulização
• tumulizar

From Latin tumulus (“mound; barrow”), from tumeō (“to swell”), from Proto-Indo-European *tūm- (“to swell, to increase”).

• IPA^(key): /ˈtumulo/ [ˈt̪u.mu.lo]
• Rhymes: -umulo
• Syllabification: tú‧mu‧lo

túmulo m (plural túmulos)

1. burial mound; tumulus
2. (Honduras, El Salvador) a speed bump; a ridge made from cement or asphalt, built on a road in order to reduce vehicles speed

• “túmulo”, 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
• “túmulo”, in Diccionario de americanismos [Dictionary of Americanisms] (in Spanish), Association of Academies of the Spanish Language [Spanish: Asociación de Academias de la Lengua Española], 2010