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descuadrilabais

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5 syllables
15 characters
Spanish
Enriched
Fig. 1 — . The composing stick. “descuadrilabais” is set in lead; each gap is a place it may break.
5syllables

descuadrilabais

Linguistic Analysis

Syllables

des-cua-dri-la-bais

Pronunciation

/des.kwa.ðɾi.ˈla.βais/

Stress

00010

Morphemes

des- + cuadr- + -ila-bais

The word 'descuadrilabais' is a verb form syllabified as des-cua-dri-la-bais, with stress on the penultimate syllable 'la'. It's morphologically composed of the prefix 'des-', root 'cuadr-', and suffixes '-ila-bais'. Syllabification follows standard Spanish rules regarding consonant clusters and vowel separation.

Definitions

verb
  1. 1

    Second-person plural imperfect subjunctive of 'descuadrar'. To unframe, to misalign, to distort (figuratively).

    (You all) would unframe/misalign/distort.

    “Si ustedes descuadrilabais la imagen, no la reconoceríamos.”

    syn:desajustaríaisdesordenaríais
    ant:encuadraríaisordenaríais

Stress pattern

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

Syllables

5
des/des/
cua/kwa/
dri/ðɾi/
la/la/
bais/βais/

des — Open syllable, unstressed.. cua — Open syllable, unstressed.. dri — Closed syllable, unstressed.. la — Open syllable, stressed.. bais — Open syllable, unstressed.

Word Parts

pre

des-

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

root

cuadr-

Latin *quadrus*, meaning 'square'. Core meaning related to squaring or arranging.

suf

-ila-bais

Inflectional suffix indicating second-person plural imperfect subjunctive. Person and number agreement.

Similar Words

des­o­rde­na­baisdes­a­lo­ja­baiscua­dru­pli­ca­bais

Consonant Clusters

Consonant clusters (like 'dr') are generally kept together within a syllable if they form a natural phonetic unit.

Vowel Separation

Vowels between consonants are separated into different syllables.

Penultimate Stress

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

  • The imperfect subjunctive mood can sometimes present challenges in identifying the root clearly, but the morphological analysis confirms the 'cuadr-' root.
Analysis by gemma3:27b · 6/11/2025

Nearby Words

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