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desatornillando

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6 syllables
15 characters
Spanish
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desatornillando

Linguistic Analysis

Syllables

de-sa-tor-ni-llan-do

Pronunciation

/desatoɾniˈʝando/

Stress

000010

Morphemes

des- + atornill- + -ando

The word 'desatornillando' is a Spanish gerund meaning 'unscrewing'. It is divided into six syllables: de-sa-tor-ni-llan-do, with stress on the fifth syllable ('llan'). It consists of the prefix 'des-', the root 'atornill-', and the suffix '-ando'. Syllabification follows standard Spanish rules of vowel-consonant and consonant-vowel division.

Definitions

verb
  1. 1

    The act of unscrewing; the process of removing a screw.

    Unscrewing

    “Estoy desatornillando la puerta.”

    “Ella estaba desatornillando el juguete.”

    syn:aflojando tornillosquitando tornillos
    ant:atornillando

Stress pattern

The primary stress falls on the fifth syllable, 'llan', making it the stressed syllable. The stress pattern follows the general rule for Spanish words ending in vowels, where the stress falls on the antepenultimate syllable if the word ends in a vowel, 'n', or 's'.

Syllables

6
de/de/
sa/sa/
tor/toɾ/
ni/ni/
llan/ʎan/
do/do/

de — Open syllable, unstressed.. sa — Open syllable, unstressed.. tor — Closed syllable, unstressed.. ni — Open syllable, unstressed.. llan — Closed syllable, stressed.. do — Open syllable, unstressed.

Word Parts

pre

des-

Latin origin, meaning 'reversal, undoing, removal'. Prefixes typically alter the meaning of the root.

root

atornill-

Derived from 'atornillo' (screw), ultimately from Latin 'torquere' (to twist). Represents the core action related to screws.

suf

-ando

Spanish gerund suffix. Indicates an ongoing action or process.

Similar Words

ca­mi­nan­doha­blan­docom­pran­do

Vowel-Consonant (VC)

Syllables are divided after a vowel followed by a consonant, such as 'de-sa-'.

Consonant-Vowel (CV)

Syllables are divided before a vowel preceded by a consonant, such as 'tor-ni-'.

Diphthong Resolution

Diphthongs are generally kept together in the same syllable, such as '-an-'.

  • The pronunciation of 'll' can vary regionally between /ʎ/ and /ʝ/, but this does not affect the syllabification.
  • The 'tr' consonant cluster is treated as a single unit due to its common occurrence in Spanish.
Analysis by gemma3:27b · 6/12/2025

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