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despaciosamente

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

despaciosamente

Linguistic Analysis

Syllables

des-pa-cio-sa-men-te

Pronunciation

/des.pa.θjoˈsa.men.te/

Stress

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Morphemes

des- + pac- + -cio-sa-men-te

The adverb 'despaciosamente' is divided into six syllables: des-pa-cio-sa-men-te. The stress falls on the antepenultimate syllable ('sa'). It's formed from the prefix 'des-', root 'pac-', and the suffixes '-cio-sa-men-te'. Syllabification follows standard Spanish vowel-consonant division rules.

Definitions

adverb
  1. 1

    Slowly, at a leisurely pace, gently.

    Slowly

    “Hablaba despaciosamente para que todos le entendieran.”

    “Caminaba despaciosamente por el parque.”

    syn:lentamentecalmadamentepausadamente
    ant:rápidamentedeprisa

Stress pattern

The primary stress falls on the antepenultimate syllable ('sa'), as per Spanish stress rules for words ending in consonants other than 'n' or 's'.

Syllables

6
des/des/
pa/pa/
cio/θjo/
sa/sa/
men/men/
te/te/

des — Open syllable, unstressed.. pa — Open syllable, unstressed.. cio — Open syllable, unstressed.. sa — Open syllable, stressed.. men — Closed syllable, unstressed.. te — Open syllable, unstressed.

Word Parts

pre

des-

Latin origin, meaning reversal or undoing.

root

pac-

Latin origin (*pax*), meaning peace or slowness.

suf

-cio-sa-men-te

Combination of suffixes: -cio (nominalizing), -sa (adjectival), -men-te (adverbial).

Similar Words

rá­pi­da­men­telen­ta­men­tecui­da­do­sa­men­te

Vowel-Consonant

Syllables are divided between vowels and consonants.

Consonant Cluster

Consonant clusters are generally split to maintain syllable onset/coda structure.

Stress Rule

Words ending in consonants other than 'n' or 's' are stressed on the antepenultimate syllable.

  • The 'sm' cluster is a valid syllable onset in Spanish.
  • The 'ci' sequence pronunciation varies between dialects (Castilian /θi/ vs. Latin American /si/), but syllabification remains consistent.
Analysis by gemma3:27b · 6/10/2025

Nearby Words

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