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desenchilabamos

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6 syllables
15 characters
Spanish
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6syllables

desenchilabamos

Linguistic Analysis

Syllables

de-sen-chi-la-ba-mos

Pronunciation

/desen.t͡ʃiˈla.βa.mos/

Stress

001000

Morphemes

des- + enchila- + -bamos

The word 'desenchilabamos' is a Spanish verb syllabified as de-sen-chi-la-ba-mos, with stress on the penultimate syllable ('chi'). It's morphologically composed of the prefix 'des-', the root 'enchila-', and the suffix '-bamos'. Syllabification follows standard Spanish rules of vowel-consonant division and consonant cluster treatment.

Definitions

verb
  1. 1

    To cool down, to chill, to make someone feel cold.

    We were cooling down / We used to chill / We were making someone feel cold.

    “Desenchilabamos la sopa antes de servirla.”

    “Desenchilabamos el ambiente con el aire acondicionado.”

    syn:refrescábamosenfriábamos
    ant:calentábamos

Stress pattern

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

Syllables

6
de/de/
sen/sen/
chi/t͡ʃi/
la/la/
ba/βa/
mos/mos/

de — Open syllable, vowel-consonant structure.. sen — Open syllable, consonant-vowel-consonant structure.. chi — Open syllable, consonant cluster-vowel structure. 'ch' is a single phoneme.. la — Open syllable, consonant-vowel structure.. ba — Open syllable, consonant-vowel structure.. mos — Closed syllable, consonant-vowel-consonant structure.

Word Parts

pre

des-

Latin origin, meaning 'reversal', 'removal', or 'negation'. Prefixes typically alter the meaning of the root.

root

enchila-

From *enchilar* (to chill), Latin origin related to *gelare* (to freeze). The core meaning of the verb.

suf

-bamos

Spanish inflectional suffix indicating first-person plural imperfect indicative. Marks tense, mood, and person.

Similar Words

en­fri­a­ba­mosdes­con­ge­la­ba­mosca­len­ta­ba­mos

Vowel-Consonant (VC)

Syllables typically end in vowels. Applied to syllables like 'de' and 'la'.

Consonant-Vowel-Consonant (CVC)

Consonants between vowels are usually divided. Applied to syllables like 'sen' and 'mos'.

Consonant Cluster Resolution

Consonant clusters are broken up according to phonotactic constraints. 'ch' is treated as a single unit.

  • The pronunciation of /b/ as /β/ in some dialects does not affect the syllabification.
  • The 'ch' digraph is treated as a single phoneme /t͡ʃ/.
Analysis by gemma3:27b · 6/10/2025

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