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contraminabamos

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6 syllables
15 characters
Spanish
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6syllables

contraminabamos

Linguistic Analysis

Syllables

con-tra-mi-na-ba-mos

Pronunciation

/kontɾa.mi.naˈβa.mos/

Stress

000100

Morphemes

contra- + mina- + -aba-

The word 'contraminabamos' is a verb in the imperfect tense, divided into six syllables: con-tra-mi-na-ba-mos. Stress falls on the penultimate syllable 'na'. It's morphologically composed of the prefix 'contra-', root 'mina-', and suffixes '-aba-' and '-mos', following standard Spanish syllabification rules.

Definitions

verb
  1. 1

    We were contaminating/polluting.

    We were contaminating.

    “Antes, contraminabamos el río con desechos industriales.”

    “Los científicos descubrieron que contraminabamos el suelo con pesticidas.”

    syn:ensuciábamoscorrompíamosviciábamos
    ant:purificábamoslimpiábamos

Stress pattern

The primary stress falls on the penultimate syllable 'na' due to the general rule that words ending in vowels are stressed on the penultimate syllable.

Syllables

6
con/kon/
tra/tɾa/
mi/mi/
na/na/
ba/βa/
mos/mos/

con — Open syllable, vowel-consonant structure.. tra — Open syllable, consonant-vowel structure.. mi — Open syllable, vowel-consonant structure.. na — Open, stressed syllable, vowel-consonant structure.. ba — Open syllable, consonant-vowel structure. 'b' pronounced as /β/.. mos — Closed syllable, vowel-consonant-consonant structure.

Word Parts

pre

contra-

Latin origin, meaning 'against, opposite'. Prefixes are typically attached to the beginning of a word to modify its meaning.

root

mina-

Latin origin (*minare*), meaning 'to project, overhang, undermine'. The root carries the core meaning of the word.

suf

-aba-

Spanish imperfective past tense marker. Indicates an ongoing or habitual action in the past.

Similar Words

con­ta­mi­na­ciónmi­narcon­tra­a­ta­que

Vowel-Consonant (VC)

Syllables are divided between vowels and consonants when a vowel is followed by a consonant.

Consonant-Vowel (CV)

Syllables are divided between consonants and vowels when a consonant is followed by a vowel.

Penultimate Stress

Words ending in vowels are stressed on the penultimate syllable.

Closed Syllable

Syllables ending in consonants are considered closed.

  • The pronunciation of 'b' as /β/ between vowels is a common phonetic feature in Spanish.
Analysis by gemma3:27b · 6/13/2025

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