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descascarillaba

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6 syllables
15 characters
Spanish
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6syllables

descascarillaba

Linguistic Analysis

Syllables

des-cas-ca-ri-lla-ba

Pronunciation

/des.kas.ka.ɾiˈʎa.βa/

Stress

000100

Morphemes

des- + cascar- + -illaba

The word 'descascarillaba' is a verb divided into six syllables: des-cas-ca-ri-lla-ba. The stress falls on the penultimate syllable 'ri'. It's morphologically composed of the prefix 'des-', the root 'cascar-', and the suffixes '-ill-' and '-aba'. Syllabification follows the vowel nucleus rule and the penultimate stress rule.

Definitions

verb
  1. 1

    To peel, to shell (imperfect indicative)

    To peel, to shell

    “Ella descascarillaba las nueces.”

    “Antes, mi abuela descascarillaba el maíz.”

    syn:pelabamondaba
    ant:encascarillaba

Stress pattern

The primary stress falls on the penultimate syllable 'ri'.

Syllables

6
des/des/
cas/kas/
ca/ka/
ri/ɾi/
lla/ʎa/
ba/βa/

des — Open syllable, unstressed.. cas — Open syllable, unstressed.. ca — Open syllable, unstressed.. ri — Open syllable, stressed.. lla — Open syllable, unstressed.. ba — Open syllable, unstressed.

Word Parts

pre

des-

Latin origin, meaning 'un-', 'removal', or 'reversal'.

root

cascar-

Latin origin (scaccare), meaning 'to scatter, to peel'.

suf

-illaba

Combination of iterative/diminutive '-ill-' and imperfect indicative '-aba'.

Similar Words

can­tarha­blarcom­prar

Vowel Nucleus Rule

Each syllable contains a vowel, which serves as its nucleus. Consonants are assigned to the adjacent vowel based on pronunciation.

Penultimate Stress Rule

Words ending in vowels, 'n', or 's' are stressed on the penultimate syllable.

  • Regional variations in the pronunciation of 'll' (e.g., /ʝ/ or /ʒ/).
  • Potential softening of the 'b' sound to /β/ in some regions.
Analysis by gemma3:27b · 6/11/2025

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