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desinficionaron

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6 syllables
15 characters
Spanish
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6syllables

desinficionaron

Linguistic Analysis

Syllables

des-in-fi-cio-na-ron

Pronunciation

/desin.fi.θjoˈna.ɾon/

Stress

000100

Morphemes

des- + infec- + -cionaron

The word 'desinficionaron' is a verb form with six syllables divided as 'des-in-fi-cio-na-ron'. Stress falls on the penultimate syllable. It's morphologically composed of the prefix 'des-', root 'infec-', and suffixes '-cion' and '-aron'. Syllabification follows standard Spanish CV, VCV, and VC rules.

Definitions

verb
  1. 1

    To disinfect, to cleanse of infectious agents.

    They disinfected.

    “Los médicos desinficionaron el quirófano.”

    “Desinficionaron las manos antes de la cirugía.”

    syn:higienizaronesterilizaron
    ant:contaminaroninfectaron

Stress pattern

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

Syllables

6
des/des/
in/in/
fi/fi/
cio/θjo/
na/na/
ron/ɾon/

des — Open syllable. in — Open syllable. fi — Open syllable. cio — Closed syllable. na — Open syllable. ron — Closed syllable

Word Parts

pre

des-

Latin origin, reversal/undoing

root

infec-

Latin origin, from *inficere* (to taint)

suf

-cionaron

-cion: nominalizing suffix; -aron: preterite 3rd person plural

Similar Words

in­fec­ciónde­sin­fec­ciónlim­pi­a­ron

Consonant-Vowel (CV)

Syllable break occurs between a consonant and a following vowel.

Vowel-Consonant-Vowel (VCV)

Syllable break usually occurs between the vowels.

Vowel-Consonant (VC)

Syllable break occurs before the consonant at the end of a word.

  • Regional pronunciation of 'c' before 'i' or 'e' (/θ/ in Spain, /s/ in Latin America) does not affect syllabification.
Analysis by gemma3:27b · 6/10/2025

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