Polyglot Dictionary

tumba

/ˈtũbɐ/

a noun C1

o (masc.) a (fem.)

Underline = a spelling pattern that usually signals that gender.

N Register Neutral Era Current Frequency Academic Domain General Tone Neutral

Forms

plural
as tumbas

Meaning

  1. tomb

    • Abriram a tumba.

      They opened the tomb.

N Category Thing Concreteness Concrete Animacy Inanimate Countability Countable Scope Individual

Similar words

túmulo

tumba and túmulo are close synonyms for "tomb," largely interchangeable.

Similar in other languages

Spanish

tumba

tumba is the Spanish word for the same thing — both mean "tomb."

French

tombeau

tombeau is the French word for the same thing — both mean "tomb."

Practice

1 What does tumba mean?

2 Fill the gap: Abriram a ___.

3 Which fingerprint chart matches tumba?

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