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

• “túmulo”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014