Meanings (ES + gloss)
acumular • amontonar
To heap up in a mass; to pile up; to collect or bring together (either literally or figuratively), often gradually and without active intent.
He wishes to accumulate a sum of money.
acumularse
To gradually grow or increase in quantity or number.
Ill fares the land, to hastening ills a prey, / Where wealth accumulates, and men decay.
With her company going bankrupt, her divorce, and a gambling habit, debts started to accumulate so she had to sell her house.
Phrases