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descontaminamos

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6 syllables
15 characters
Spanish
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6syllables

descontaminamos

Linguistic Analysis

Syllables

des-con-ta-mi-na-mos

Pronunciation

/deskontamiˈna.mos/

Stress

000100

Morphemes

des- + contamin- + -amos

The word 'descontaminamos' is a verb meaning 'we decontaminate'. It is divided into six syllables: des-con-ta-mi-na-mos, with stress on the penultimate syllable 'mi'. The morphemic breakdown reveals a prefix 'des-', root 'contamin-', and suffix '-amos'. Syllabification follows standard CV and VV rules, along with the penultimate stress rule.

Definitions

verb
  1. 1

    To decontaminate, to remove contaminants from something.

    We decontaminate

    “Descontaminamos el agua antes de beberla.”

    “Los bomberos descontaminamos el área afectada.”

    syn:purificarlimpiardescontaminar (reflexive)
    ant:contaminar

Stress pattern

Primary stress falls on the penultimate syllable ('mi').

Syllables

6
des/des/
con/kon/
ta/ta/
mi/mi/
na/na/
mos/mos/

des — Open syllable. con — Closed syllable. ta — Open syllable. mi — Open, stressed syllable. na — Open syllable. mos — Closed syllable

Word Parts

pre

des-

Latin origin, meaning 'reversal, undoing, removal'. Negation/reversal function.

root

contamin-

Latin origin (contaminare), meaning 'to defile, pollute'. Core meaning of the verb.

suf

-amos

Spanish, first-person plural present indicative verbal ending. Indicates person and number.

Similar Words

des­con­fia­mosdes­co­ne­cta­moscon­ta­mi­na­mos

Consonant-Vowel (CV)

Syllable break occurs between a consonant and a following vowel.

Vowel-Vowel (VV)

Two consecutive vowels are generally separated into different syllables.

Stress Rule (Penultimate Syllable)

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

  • The word follows standard Spanish syllabification rules without significant anomalies.
Analysis by gemma3:27b · 6/11/2025

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