contramarchabais
Syllables
con-tra-mar-cha-bai-s
Pronunciation
/kontra.maɾ.ʧa.βais/
Stress
000100
Morphemes
contra- + march- + -abais
The word 'contramarchabais' is a Spanish verb in the imperfect subjunctive, 2nd person plural. It is syllabified as con-tra-mar-cha-bai-s, with stress on the penultimate syllable. The syllabification follows standard Spanish rules of vowel-consonant separation and treating 'ch' as a single phoneme. It is morphologically composed of the prefix 'contra-', the root 'march-', and the suffix '-abais'.
Definitions
- 1
You all were countermarching / You all would countermarch
You all were countermarching / You all would countermarch
“Si tuviéramos que defender la ciudad, contramarchabais con valentía.”
Stress pattern
The primary stress falls on the penultimate syllable ('ba-').
Syllables
con — Open syllable, initial syllable.. tra — Open syllable.. mar — Open syllable.. cha — Open syllable, 'ch' treated as a single phoneme.. bai — Open syllable.. s — Closed syllable, final consonant.
Word Parts
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Vowel-Consonant
Syllables generally end in vowels. Consonants following vowels typically begin a new syllable.
Consonant Cluster + Vowel
When a consonant cluster is followed by a vowel, the cluster is usually kept together in a single syllable.
Consonant at the end of the word
A single consonant at the end of a word forms a syllable on its own.
- The 'ch' digraph is treated as a single phoneme and syllable unit.
- The 'r' between vowels is a tapped 'ɾ' sound, not a trilled 'r'.
- Regional variations in the pronunciation of the final 's' (aspiration) do not affect syllabification.
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