túmulo

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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/
  • 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

 

  • 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

Spanish

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈtumulo/
  • 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

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