cúmulo

Learned borrowing from Latin cumulus. Compare the inherited doublet cômoro and Spanish colmo.

• Rhymes: -ũmulu, -umulu
• Hyphenation: cú‧mu‧lo

cúmulo m (plural cúmulos)

1. addition
2. cumulus
   1. a large white puffy cloud
   2. a mound or heap

   Synonyms: acúmulo, monte, pilha

3. (figurative) epitome; the foremost example of something

   Não ter o que comer é o cúmulo da pobreza.

   Not having anything to eat is the epitome of poverty.

• acumular

Learned borrowing from Latin cumulus. Compare the inherited doublet colmo.

• IPA^(key): /ˈkumulo/ [ˈku.mu.lo]

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• Rhymes: -umulo
• Syllabification: cú‧mu‧lo

cúmulo m (plural cúmulos)

1. pile
2. cluster
3. cumulus (cloud)

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