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desboquillasteis

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5 syllables
16 characters
Spanish
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5syllables

desboquillasteis

Linguistic Analysis

Syllables

des-bo-qui-llas-teis

Pronunciation

/des.bo.kiˈʎas.teis/

Stress

00100

Morphemes

des- + boqui- + -llasteis

The word 'desboquillasteis' is a verb form divided into five syllables: des-bo-qui-llas-teis. It's composed of the prefix 'des-', the root 'boqui-', and the suffix '-llasteis'. The stress falls on the third syllable ('qui'). Syllabification follows standard Spanish rules of vowel-consonant separation and consonant cluster handling.

Definitions

verb
  1. 1

    To unmuzzle; to make someone talk freely; to let slip (a secret, information).

    To unmuzzle/make talk/let slip

    “Desboquillasteis el secreto sin querer.”

    “Los interrogadores desboquillaron a los sospechosos.”

    syn:soltarrevelardescubrir
    ant:callarocultar

Stress pattern

The primary stress falls on the third syllable, 'qui'. The stress pattern follows the general rule of stressing the penultimate syllable in words ending in vowels, 'n', or 's'.

Syllables

5
des/des/
bo/bo/
qui/ki/
llas/ʎas/
teis/teis/

des — Open syllable, initial syllable.. bo — Open syllable, contains the root vowel.. qui — Closed syllable, stressed syllable.. llas — Closed syllable, contains the palatal lateral approximant.. teis — Closed syllable, final syllable, contains the inflectional suffix.

Word Parts

pre

des-

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

root

boqui-

Derived from 'boca' (mouth), Latin 'bucca'. Represents the core meaning related to speaking or the mouth.

suf

-llasteis

Spanish inflectional suffix indicating 2nd person plural (vosotros/as) preterite indicative tense. Composed of multiple morphemes.

Similar Words

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Vowel-Consonant-Vowel (VCV)

Syllables are divided between vowels, separating vowel sounds surrounded by consonants (e.g., bo-qui).

Consonant Clusters

Consonant clusters are generally broken up according to sonority, but in Spanish, certain clusters remain intact within a syllable (e.g., des-bo).

Final Consonant(s)

If a word ends in a consonant, the final consonant usually belongs to the last syllable (e.g., teis).

  • The pronunciation of 'll' varies regionally between /ʎ/ and /ʝ/. This affects the phonetic transcription but not the syllable division.
  • The 'squ' cluster is generally pronounced as /sk/ but could have slight regional variations.
Analysis by gemma3:27b · 6/6/2025

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