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contrapasabamos

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6 syllables
15 characters
Spanish
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6syllables

contrapasabamos

Linguistic Analysis

Syllables

con-tra-pa-sa-ba-mos

Pronunciation

/kon.tra.pa.saˈβa.mos/

Stress

000100

Morphemes

contra- + pasar + -abamos

The word 'contrapasabamos' is a verb in the imperfect tense, syllabified as con-tra-pa-sa-ba-mos with stress on 'sa'. It follows standard Spanish syllabification rules based on vowel-consonant patterns and stress placement, with the 'ps' cluster treated as a single onset and /b/ undergoing lenition.

Definitions

verb
  1. 1

    We were counter-passing/going against a pass.

    We were counter-passing/going against a pass.

    “En esa época, contrapasábamos las montañas para evitar el control fronterizo.”

Stress pattern

The primary stress falls on the antepenultimate syllable ('sa').

Syllables

6
con/kon/
tra/tra/
pa/pa/
sa/sa/
ba/βa/
mos/mos/

con — Open syllable, initial syllable.. tra — Open syllable.. pa — Open syllable.. sa — Closed, stressed syllable.. ba — Open syllable, /b/ lenited to /β/.. mos — Closed syllable, final syllable.

Word Parts

pre

contra-

Latin origin, meaning 'against, opposite'. Functions as an intensifier.

root

pasar

Latin *passare* - to pass, to spend time. Verb root.

suf

-abamos

Imperfect tense marker (first-person plural). Composed of -a- (thematic vowel) and -bamos (imperfect ending).

Similar Words

con­tra­pa­sa­ronpa­sa­ba­moscon­tra­pu­se

Vowel-Consonant (VC)

Syllables ending in a vowel are generally open.

Consonant-Vowel (CV)

Syllables starting with a consonant and followed by a vowel.

Vowel-Consonant-Consonant (VCC)

Syllables ending in two consonants.

Stress Rule

In Spanish, words are stressed on the antepenultimate syllable if they end in a vowel, 'n', or 's'.

  • The 'ps' cluster is treated as a single onset.
  • /b/ undergoes lenition to /β/ between vowels.
  • The imperfect tense ending '-bamos' is a common pattern.
Analysis by gemma3:27b · 6/13/2025

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