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desatornillaste

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6 syllables
15 characters
Spanish
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6syllables

desatornillaste

Linguistic Analysis

Syllables

de-sa-tor-ni-llas-te

Pronunciation

/desa.to.rni.ˈʎas.te/

Stress

000100

Morphemes

des- + atorn- + -aste

The word 'desatornillaste' (you unscrewed) is divided into syllables as de-sa-tor-ni-llas-te, with stress on the penultimate syllable 'ni'. It's morphologically composed of the prefix 'des-', root 'atorn-', and suffixes '-ill-' and '-aste'. Syllabification follows standard Spanish rules, treating 'll' as a single phoneme and dividing based on vowel-consonant boundaries.

Definitions

verb
  1. 1

    To unscrew, to disassemble using a screwdriver.

    You (informal) unscrewed.

    “Desatornillaste la puerta para arreglar la bisagra.”

    “¿Desatornillaste el juguete para cambiar las pilas?”

    syn:DesenroscasteDesarmaste
    ant:Atornillaste

Stress pattern

The primary stress falls on the penultimate syllable ('ni'). Spanish generally stresses the penultimate syllable unless there's a written accent mark indicating otherwise.

Syllables

6
de/de/
sa/sa/
tor/toɾ/
ni/ni/
llas/ʎas/
te/te/

de — Open syllable, unstressed.. sa — Open syllable, unstressed.. tor — Closed syllable, unstressed.. ni — Closed syllable, stressed.. llas — Closed syllable, unstressed.. te — Open syllable, unstressed.

Word Parts

pre

des-

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

root

atorn-

Derived from 'tornillo' (screw), Latin 'torneare' (to turn). Represents the core action related to screws.

suf

-aste

Spanish inflectional suffix. Marks the preterite tense, second-person singular.

Similar Words

de­sar­mas­tea­tor­ni­llas­tede­sco­nec­tas­te

Vowel-Consonant (VC)

Syllables are divided between vowels and consonants when a consonant follows a vowel (e.g., de-sa).

Consonant Cluster

When two consonants appear together, they are separated if they cannot form a single onset (e.g., tor-ni).

‘ll’ as a single phoneme

The ‘ll’ digraph is treated as a single consonant in syllabification (ni-llas).

  • The pronunciation of 'r' can vary between dialects (tapped vs. trilled), but this doesn't affect the written syllabification.
  • Regional variations in the pronunciation of 'll' (e.g., /ʝ/) do not alter the syllabification.
Analysis by gemma3:27b · 6/12/2025

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