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despendolabamos

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6 syllables
15 characters
Spanish
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6syllables

despendolabamos

Linguistic Analysis

Syllables

des-pen-do-la-ba-mos

Pronunciation

/des.pen.do.la.βa.mos/

Stress

001000

Morphemes

des- + pendol- + -ábamos

The word 'despendolabamos' is a Spanish verb in the imperfect indicative, first-person plural. It is syllabified as des-pen-do-la-ba-mos, with stress on the antepenultimate syllable ('do'). It consists of the prefix 'des-', the root 'pendol-', and the suffix '-ábamos'. It means 'we were unhanging'.

Definitions

verb
  1. 1

    To unhang, to take down something that was hanging.

    We were unhanging/taking down.

    “Despendolabamos los adornos navideños después de las fiestas.”

    syn:Descolgábamosbajábamos
    ant:Colgábamospendolábamos

Stress pattern

Primary stress falls on the antepenultimate syllable ('do').

Syllables

6
des/des/
pen/pen/
do/do/
la/la/
ba/βa/
mos/mos/

des — Open syllable, consonant cluster.. pen — Open syllable.. do — Closed syllable, stressed.. la — Open syllable.. ba — Open syllable, 'b' pronounced as /β/.. mos — Closed syllable.

Word Parts

pre

des-

Latin origin, negative/reversing prefix.

root

pendol-

From *pendular*, Latin *pendere* 'to hang'.

suf

-ábamos

Spanish, imperfect indicative ending (1st person plural).

Similar Words

des­col­ga­ba­mosdes­es­pe­ra­ba­mosen­ten­dí­a­mos

Vowel-Consonant-Vowel (VCV)

Syllables are divided between vowels.

Consonant Cluster Division

Consonant clusters are broken between vowels.

Stress Placement

Stress falls on the antepenultimate syllable in words ending in vowels, 'n', or 's'.

  • Pronunciation of 'b' as /β/ is an allophonic variation.
  • The imperfect indicative ending '-ábamos' is a standard morphological marker.
Analysis by gemma3:27b · 6/10/2025

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