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desentrañabamos

Complete linguistic analysis including syllable division, pronunciation, morphology, and definitions.

6 syllables
15 characters
Spanish
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6syllables

desentrañabamos

Linguistic Analysis

Syllables

des-en-tra-ña-ba-mos

Pronunciation

/des.en.tɾa.ɲa.βa.mos/

Stress

000100

Morphemes

des- + entrañ- + -aba-mos

The word 'desentrañabamos' is a Spanish verb divided into six syllables: des-en-tra-ña-ba-mos. The stress falls on the antepenultimate syllable ('ña'). It's formed from the prefix 'des-', the root 'entrañ-', and the imperfect indicative ending '-aba-mos'.

Definitions

verb
  1. 1

    To unravel, to figure out, to discover.

    To unravel, to figure out, to discover.

    “Desentrañábamos los misterios del universo.”

    “Desentrañabamos el significado de sus palabras.”

    syn:descubrirresolverentender
    ant:enredarocultar

Stress pattern

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

Syllables

6
des/des/
en/en/
tra/tɾa/
ña/ɲa/
ba/βa/
mos/mos/

des — Open syllable, no stress.. en — Open syllable, no stress.. tra — Open syllable, no stress.. ña — Closed syllable, primary stress.. ba — Open syllable, no stress.. mos — Closed syllable, no stress.

Word Parts

pre

des-

Latin *dis-*, meaning reversal or negation.

root

entrañ-

From Latin *interanea*, meaning 'innards', metaphorically 'core'.

suf

-aba-mos

Imperfect indicative tense ending, first-person plural.

Similar Words

com­pra­ba­mosha­bla­ba­mosbus­ca­ba­mos

Vowel Rule

Syllable division occurs before a vowel.

Digraph Rule

The digraph 'ñ' is treated as a single consonant for syllabification purposes.

  • The 'b' in 'ba-' can be pronounced as a soft 'β' due to its position between vowels, but this doesn't affect syllabification.
Analysis by gemma3:27b · 6/10/2025

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