cumular

English

Adjective

cumular (not comparable)

1. Synonym of cumulous.

Portuguese

Etymology

Etymology tree

Proto-Indo-European *ḱewh₁-

Proto-Indo-European *ḱuh₁mósder.?

Latin cumulus

Proto-Indo-European *-h₂

Proto-Indo-European *-éh₂

Proto-Indo-European *-yéti

Proto-Indo-European *-eh₂yéti

Proto-Indo-European *-h₂tiinflu.

Proto-Italic *-ājō

Proto-Italic *-āō

Latin -ō

Latin cumulārebor.

Portuguese cumular

Borrowed from Latin cumulāre. Doublet of colmar.

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ku.muˈla(ʁ)/ [ku.muˈla(h)]

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ku.muˈla(ʁ)/ [ku.muˈla(h)]
  • (São Paulo) IPA^(key): /ku.muˈla(ɾ)/
  • (Rio de Janeiro) IPA^(key): /ku.muˈla(ʁ)/ [ku.muˈla(χ)]
  • (Caipira) IPA^(key): /ku.muˈla(ɻ)/

 

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /ku.muˈlaɾ/

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /ku.muˈlaɾ/
  • (Southern Portugal) IPA^(key): /ku.muˈla.ɾi/

Verb

cumular (first-person singular present cumulo, first-person singular preterite cumulei, past participle cumulado)

1. alternative form of acumular

Conjugation

    Conjugation of cumular (See Appendix:Portuguese verbs)

	Singular			Plural
	First-person (eu)	Second-person (tu)	Third-person (ele / ela / você)	First-person (nós)	Second-person (vós)	Third-person (eles / elas / vocês)
Infinitive
Impersonal	cumular
Personal	cumular	cumulares	cumular	cumularmos	cumulardes	cumularem
Gerund
	cumulando
Past participle
Masculine	cumulado			cumulados
Feminine	cumulada			cumuladas
Indicative
Present	cumulo	cumulas	cumula	cumulamos	cumulais	cumulam
Imperfect	cumulava	cumulavas	cumulava	cumulávamos	cumuláveis	cumulavam
Preterite	cumulei	cumulaste	cumulou	cumulamos1, cumulámos2	cumulastes	cumularam
Pluperfect	cumulara	cumularas	cumulara	cumuláramos	cumuláreis	cumularam
Future	cumularei	cumularás	cumulará	cumularemos	cumulareis	cumularão
Conditional	cumularia	cumularias	cumularia	cumularíamos	cumularíeis	cumulariam
Subjunctive
Present	cumule	cumules	cumule	cumulemos	cumuleis	cumulem
Imperfect	cumulasse	cumulasses	cumulasse	cumulássemos	cumulásseis	cumulassem
Future	cumular	cumulares	cumular	cumularmos	cumulardes	cumularem
Imperative
Affirmative		cumula	cumule	cumulemos	cumulai	cumulem
Negative (não)		não cumules	não cumule	não cumulemos	não cumuleis	não cumulem

¹Brazilian Portuguese.
²European Portuguese.

Further reading

• “cumular”, in Dicionário Aulete Digital (in Portuguese), Rio de Janeiro: Lexikon Editora Digital, 2008–2026
• “cumular”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2026

Spanish

Etymology

From Latin cumulāre. Doublet of the inherited colmar.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /kumuˈlaɾ/ [ku.muˈlaɾ]
• Rhymes: -aɾ
• Syllabification: cu‧mu‧lar

Verb

cumular (first-person singular present cumulo, first-person singular preterite cumulé, past participle cumulado)

1. (transitive) rare form of acumular

Conjugation

    Conjugation of cumular (See Appendix:Spanish verbs)

infinitive			cumular
gerund			cumulando
past participle				masculine		feminine
		singular		cumulado		cumulada
		plural		cumulados		cumuladas
		singular			plural
		1st person	2nd person	3rd person	1st person	2nd person	3rd person
indicative		yo	tú vos	él/ella/ello usted	nosotros nosotras	vosotros vosotras	ellos/ellas ustedes
	present	cumulo	cumulastú cumulásvos	cumula	cumulamos	cumuláis	cumulan
	imperfect	cumulaba	cumulabas	cumulaba	cumulábamos	cumulabais	cumulaban
	preterite	cumulé	cumulaste	cumuló	cumulamos	cumulasteis	cumularon
	future	cumularé	cumularás	cumulará	cumularemos	cumularéis	cumularán
	conditional	cumularía	cumularías	cumularía	cumularíamos	cumularíais	cumularían
subjunctive		yo	tú vos	él/ella/ello usted	nosotros nosotras	vosotros vosotras	ellos/ellas ustedes
	present	cumule	cumulestú cumulésvos2	cumule	cumulemos	cumuléis	cumulen
	imperfect (ra)	cumulara	cumularas	cumulara	cumuláramos	cumularais	cumularan
	imperfect (se)	cumulase	cumulases	cumulase	cumulásemos	cumulaseis	cumulasen
	future1	cumulare	cumulares	cumulare	cumuláremos	cumulareis	cumularen
imperative		—	tú vos	usted	nosotros nosotras	vosotros vosotras	ustedes
	affirmative		cumulatú cumulávos	cumule	cumulemos	cumulad	cumulen
	negative		no cumules	no cumule	no cumulemos	no cumuléis	no cumulen

¹Rare; now chiefly used in legal language.
²Argentine and Uruguayan voseo prefers the tuteo-form for the present subjunctive.

Further reading

• “cumular”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8.1, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 15 December 2025