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desemballestais

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5 syllables
15 characters
Spanish
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5syllables

desemballestais

Linguistic Analysis

Syllables

de-sem-bal-les-tais

Pronunciation

/desembaˈʎestais/

Stress

00010

Morphemes

des- + embal- + -lestais

The word 'desemballestais' is a verb conjugation with five syllables (de-sem-bal-les-tais), stressed on 'les'. It follows standard Spanish syllabification rules, dividing the word based on vowel-consonant and consonant-vowel sequences. It's formed from the prefix 'des-', root 'embal-', and suffix '-lestais'.

Definitions

verb
  1. 1

    The 2nd person plural imperfect indicative form of the verb *desemballar*.

    You (plural, informal) were unpacking.

    “Vosotros desemballestais los regalos con entusiasmo.”

    syn:desempaquetabais
    ant:embalabais

Stress pattern

The primary stress falls on the penultimate syllable ('les').

Syllables

5
de/de/
sem/sem/
bal/bal/
les/les/
tais/tais/

de — Open syllable, initial syllable.. sem — Open syllable.. bal — Open syllable.. les — Closed, stressed syllable.. tais — Closed syllable, final syllable.

Word Parts

pre

des-

Latin origin, meaning 'reversal, undoing, removal'.

root

embal-

From *emballar* (to pack), ultimately from French *emballer* and Latin *imballare*.

suf

-lestais

Spanish verb conjugation ending, 2nd person plural imperfect indicative.

Similar Words

ha­bla­baiscom­pra­baisvia­ja­bais

Vowel-Consonant (VC)

Syllables are divided between the vowel and the consonant.

Consonant-Vowel (CV)

Syllables are divided between the consonant and the vowel.

Stress Rule

In Spanish, words are generally stressed on the penultimate syllable if they end in a vowel, 'n', or 's'.

  • Regional variations in the pronunciation of 'll' (e.g., /ʝ/ instead of /ʎ/) do not affect syllabification.
Analysis by gemma3:27b · 6/11/2025

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