túmulo

Meaning

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

Concepts

barrow

mound

tumulus

burial mound

catafalque

grave mound

Synonyms

tope

cerro

colina

montículo

terrero

Hyphenated as

tú‧mu‧lo

Pronounced as (IPA)

/ˈtumulo/

Etymology

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