desaparejabamos
Syllables
de-sa-pa-re-ja-ba-mos
Pronunciation
/desapaɾeˈxaβamos/
Stress
0001000
Morphemes
des- + parej- + -aba-mos
The word 'desaparejabamos' is a Spanish verb conjugated in the imperfect indicative. It is divided into seven syllables: de-sa-pa-re-ja-ba-mos, with stress on the antepenultimate syllable 'ja'. It's morphologically composed of the prefix 'des-', the root 'parej-', and the suffix '-aba-mos'. Syllabification follows standard Spanish rules based on vowel and consonant sequences.
Definitions
- 1
To unpair, to mismatch, to disassemble a pair.
We were unpairing/mismatching/disassembling.
“Desaparejabamos los calcetines después de lavarlos.”
“Antes, desaparejabamos los equipos para ver cómo funcionaban.”
Stress pattern
Primary stress falls on the antepenultimate syllable ('ja').
Syllables
de — Open syllable, initial syllable.. sa — Open syllable.. pa — Open syllable.. re — Open syllable.. ja — Closed syllable, stressed.. ba — Open syllable.. mos — Closed syllable.
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Rule of the Vowel
Every vowel sound constitutes a syllable.
Rule of the Consonant
A consonant generally belongs to the following syllable.
Stress Rule
Stress falls on the antepenultimate syllable if the word ends in a consonant other than 'n' or 's'.
- The 'j' sound (/x/) is a single phoneme represented by a digraph.
- The pronunciation of 'b' as /β/ doesn't affect syllabification.
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