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desenterrabamos

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6 syllables
15 characters
Spanish
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Fig. 1 — . The composing stick. “desenterrabamos” is set in lead; each gap is a place it may break.
6syllables

desenterrabamos

Linguistic Analysis

Syllables

des-en-te-rra-ba-mos

Pronunciation

/desente.raˈβa.mos/

Stress

000100

Morphemes

des- + enterr- + -abamos

The Spanish verb 'desenterrabamos' (we were unearthing) is syllabified as des-en-te-rra-ba-mos, with stress on 'ba'. It follows standard Spanish syllabification rules based on vowel-consonant patterns and features a trilled 'r' sound.

Definitions

verb
  1. 1

    To be unearthing, digging up, or exhuming.

    We were unearthing/digging up.

    “Desenterrabamos huesos antiguos en el jardín.”

    “Los arqueólogos desenterrabamos una ciudad perdida.”

    syn:excavábamosdesenterrábamos (reflexive)
    ant:enterrábamos

Stress pattern

The primary stress falls on the antepenultimate syllable ('ba').

Syllables

6
des/des/
en/en/
te/te/
rra/ra/
ba/βa/
mos/mos/

des — Open syllable, initial syllable.. en — Open syllable.. te — Open syllable.. rra — Closed syllable, contains a trilled 'r' sound.. ba — Open syllable, primary stressed syllable.. mos — Closed syllable, final syllable.

Word Parts

pre

des-

Latin *dis-*, meaning reversal or removal. Functions as a negation.

root

enterr-

Latin *interterrare*, meaning to bury. Core meaning of the verb.

suf

-abamos

Imperfect indicative ending (-aba- + -mos). Indicates past, habitual, or continuous action and first-person plural subject.

Similar Words

ca­mi­ná­ba­mosha­blá­ba­moses­cri­bí­a­mos

Consonant-Vowel (CV)

Syllables are formed around a vowel, with any preceding consonants belonging to that syllable.

Vowel-Consonant (VC)

When a vowel is followed by a consonant, the syllable ends at the vowel.

Vowel-Consonant Cluster (VCC)

When a vowel is followed by a consonant cluster, the syllable ends at the vowel, and the cluster belongs to the next syllable.

Stress Placement

Stress falls on the antepenultimate syllable if the word ends in a vowel, 'n', or 's'.

  • The 'rr' sequence requires a trilled 'r' pronunciation.
  • The pronunciation of 'b' as [β] between vowels is a common phonetic variation.
Analysis by gemma3:27b · 6/10/2025

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