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despechugaduras

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6 syllables
15 characters
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despechugaduras

Linguistic Analysis

Syllables

des-pe-chu-ga-du-ras

Pronunciation

/des.pe.t͡ʃu.ɣa.ˈdu.ɾas/

Stress

000010

Morphemes

des- + pechu- + -ga-durras

Despechugaduras is a Spanish noun meaning 'chicken breasting/cuts'. It's divided into six syllables: des-pe-chu-ga-du-ras, with stress on the penultimate syllable 'du'. The word is formed from the prefix 'des-', the root 'pechu-', and the suffixes '-ga-','-du-', and '-ras'. It follows standard Spanish syllabification rules.

Definitions

noun
  1. 1

    The act or process of removing chicken breasts; the cuts of chicken breast obtained after removal.

    Chicken breasting, cuts of chicken breast.

    “El carnicero hizo varias despechugaduras para preparar el pollo.”

    “Compré despechugaduras frescas en el mercado.”

    syn:cortes de pechugadespiece de pechugas

Stress pattern

The primary stress falls on the fifth syllable, 'du', which is the penultimate syllable. This follows the standard Spanish stress rule for words ending in 's'.

Syllables

6
des/des/
pe/pe/
chu/t͡ʃu/
ga/ɣa/
du/du/
ras/ɾas/

des — Open syllable, unstressed.. pe — Open syllable, unstressed.. chu — Closed syllable, unstressed.. ga — Open syllable, unstressed.. du — Closed syllable, stressed.. ras — Closed syllable, unstressed.

Word Parts

pre

des-

Latin origin, meaning 'removal, negation'. Prefix indicating reversal or removal of an action.

root

pechu-

From 'pecho' (chest), specifically referring to the chicken breast. Latin origin: 'pectus' (chest).

suf

-ga-durras

'-ga-' is an instrumental suffix, '-du-' is a past participle suffix, and '-ras' is a plural suffix.

Similar Words

des­pe­chu­gardes­con­ge­la­du­raspes­ca­du­ras

Vowel-Consonant-Vowel (VCV)

Syllables are divided between vowels (e.g., pe-chu).

Consonant Clusters

Consonant clusters are generally broken up according to sonority, but digraphs like 'ch' are treated as a single unit.

Final Consonant

A single final consonant typically belongs to the last syllable.

Stress Rule

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

  • The instrumental suffix '-ga-' is relatively uncommon.
  • The velar fricative /ɣ/ sound can be difficult for some learners.
Analysis by gemma3:27b · 6/10/2025

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