Suma el puntaje de cada ronda.

Suma is the informal singular command form of the verb sumar (to add / to sum up).

So:

• sumar = infinitive, to add
• sumas = you add (present tense, statement/question)
• suma = add! (command to one person, informal)

In this sentence, the speaker is giving an instruction:

• Suma el puntaje de cada ronda. = Add up the score from each round.

This is the tú command form commonly used in Spanish.

In Spanish, many commands use a special verb form. Here, suma is the affirmative tú command of sumar.

That makes the sentence an instruction, like:

• Come. = Eat.
• Escribe. = Write.
• Suma. = Add.

So even without an exclamation mark, Suma el puntaje de cada ronda naturally reads as a direction or instruction.

Because puntaje here is being treated as a single total score or the score as a concept.

• el puntaje de cada ronda = the score of each round / the score from each round

Spanish often uses the singular when talking about a category or type of thing. The sentence is telling you to take the score from every round and add it up.

If you said los puntajes de cada ronda, that would also be understandable, but it focuses more explicitly on multiple individual scores. The original sentence sounds natural and concise.

Puntaje means score, especially in games, tests, competitions, or rounds.

In much of Latin America, puntaje is very common. Puntuación can also mean score, but it may sound a little more formal or more common in some regions and contexts.

Examples:

• puntaje final = final score
• puntuación final = final score

Both are correct, but puntaje fits very naturally in a game-like sentence such as this one.

Literally, de cada ronda means of each round or from each round.

Breaking it down:

• de = of / from
• cada = each
• ronda = round

In natural English, you would usually translate the whole phrase more smoothly as:

• the score from each round
• each round’s score

So the sentence means: Add up the score from each round.

Both are possible, but they are used a little differently.

• cada ronda = each round
• todas las rondas = all the rounds

Cada emphasizes looking at the rounds one by one. That works very well with adding scores individually.

So:

• Suma el puntaje de cada ronda. = Add the score from each round.
• Suma el puntaje de todas las rondas. = Add the score from all the rounds.

The meaning is similar, but cada gives a slightly more step-by-step feel.

In Spanish, nouns often need an article where English would not use one.

So Spanish says:

• Suma el puntaje...

rather than:

• Suma puntaje... (this sounds incomplete or unnatural in most contexts)

The article el helps specify the noun:

• el puntaje = the score

This is very normal Spanish structure.

Often yes, especially in games, competitions, quizzes, and similar activities.

• ronda = round

But depending on context, ronda can also mean things like a turn, a round of drinks, or a patrol. Here, because of puntaje and the instruction style, the intended meaning is clearly round in a game or activity.

Yes, but sume is a different command form.

• suma = informal command to one person (tú)
• sume = formal command to one person (usted)

So:

• Suma el puntaje de cada ronda. = informal, like talking to a friend, student, or player casually
• Sume el puntaje de cada ronda. = formal, more polite or distant

In Latin America, both are used depending on the relationship and situation.

It depends on which you plural form you use.

In Latin America, the usual plural is ustedes:

• Sumen el puntaje de cada ronda. = Add up the score from each round. (to several people)

In Spain, informal plural would be:

• Sumad el puntaje de cada ronda.

But for Latin American Spanish, sumen is the form learners will most commonly need.

Yes. A few alternatives are possible depending on style and context:

• Calcula el puntaje de cada ronda. = Calculate the score from each round.
• Totaliza el puntaje de cada ronda. = Total the score from each round.
• Cuenta los puntos de cada ronda. = Count the points from each round.

But sumar is especially direct when the task is literally to add the scores together.

Also note a small difference:

• puntaje = overall score
• puntos = individual points

So sumar el puntaje and contar los puntos are related, but not exactly the same wording.

A simple pronunciation guide is:

• puntaje ≈ poon-TAH-heh

More specifically:

• pun like poon
• ta with the stress: TA
• je with a Spanish j sound, like a strong h in Latin American Spanish

So the stress falls on the middle syllable:

• pun-TA-je

And ronda is roughly:

• RON-da

So the full sentence sounds like:

• SOO-ma el poon-TA-he de KA-da RON-da

The structure is:

• Suma = verb (command)
• el puntaje = direct object
• de cada ronda = prepositional phrase modifying puntaje

So the sentence follows a very common Spanish pattern:

Verb + object + extra detail

Literally:

• Add + the score + of each round

That word order is very natural in Spanish for commands.