túmulo

See also: tumulo, and tumulò

Galician

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

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

Noun

túmulo m (plural túmulos)

1. tomb
2. burial mound

Portuguese

túmulo

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈtũ.mu.lu/

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈtũ.mu.lu/
  • (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈtu.mu.lo/

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /ˈtu.mu.lu/

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

Noun

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

Derived terms

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

Related terms

• tumular
• tumulário
• tumulização
• tumulizar

Spanish

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

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

Noun

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

Further reading

• “túmulo”, in Diccionario de la lengua española (in Spanish), online version 23.7, Royal Spanish Academy, 2023 November 28
• “túmulo” in Diccionario de americanismos, Asociación de Academias de la Lengua Española, 2010