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contrasellabais

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5 syllables
15 characters
Spanish
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5syllables

contrasellabais

Linguistic Analysis

Syllables

con-tra-se-lla-bais

Pronunciation

/kontɾaseʎaˈβais/

Stress

00010

Morphemes

contra- + sell- + -aba-

The word 'contrasellabais' is a verb in the imperfect indicative, second-person plural. It is divided into five syllables: con-tra-se-lla-bais, with stress on the penultimate syllable 'lla'. The syllabification follows standard Spanish rules of vowel-initial separation and treats 'll' as a single phoneme. The morphemic structure consists of the prefix 'contra-', the root 'sell-', and the suffixes '-aba-' and '-is'.

Definitions

verb
  1. 1

    To countersign, to endorse against something.

    You all were countersigning/endorsing.

    “Ellos contrasellaban los cheques con cuidado.”

    “Vosotros contrasellabais los documentos antes de enviarlos.”

    syn:refrendaraprobar
    ant:rechazardenegar

Stress pattern

The primary stress falls on the fourth syllable, 'lla', following the standard Spanish rule of stressing the penultimate syllable when no accent mark is present.

Syllables

5
con/kon/
tra/tɾa/
se/se/
lla/ʎa/
bais/βais/

con — Open syllable, unstressed.. tra — Open syllable, unstressed.. se — Open syllable, unstressed.. lla — Open syllable, primary stressed.. bais — Open syllable, unstressed.

Word Parts

pre

contra-

Latin origin, meaning 'against, opposite'. Prefixes modify the meaning of the root.

root

sell-

Latin origin (sellare - to seat, to mark). The core meaning of the verb.

suf

-aba-

Spanish imperfective past tense marker. Indicates past habitual or continuous action.

Similar Words

ha­bla­baiscom­pra­baises­cri­ba­bais

Vowel-Initial Syllable Division

Syllables are separated before each vowel sound.

Digraph 'll' as a Single Phoneme

The 'll' digraph is treated as a single phoneme /ʎ/ and is not broken across syllable boundaries.

  • The 'll' digraph is a single phoneme in Spanish.
  • The imperfect tense ending '-bais' consistently influences stress placement.
  • Regional variations in the pronunciation of 'll' (e.g., /ʝ/) do not affect syllabification.
Analysis by gemma3:27b · 6/13/2025

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