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despimpollabamos

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6 syllables
16 characters
Spanish
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6syllables

despimpollabamos

Linguistic Analysis

Syllables

des-pim-po-lla-ba-mos

Pronunciation

/despimpoʎaˈβamos/

Stress

000010

Morphemes

des- + pimpoll- + -abamos

The Spanish verb 'despimpollabamos' (we were deflowering) is syllabified as des-pim-po-lla-ba-mos, with stress on the antepenultimate syllable. It's composed of the prefix 'des-', the root 'pimpoll-', and the suffix '-abamos'. Syllabification follows standard Spanish rules, considering the 'll' digraph and intervocalic 'b' pronunciation.

Definitions

verb
  1. 1

    To deflower, to pluck the buds from, to deprive of youthful vigor.

    To deflower, to pluck the buds from.

    “Despimpollábamos las flores para hacer coronas.”

    “La tristeza despimpollaba su alegría.”

    syn:marchitarestropeardañar
    ant:florecerbrotar

Stress pattern

The primary stress falls on the fifth syllable ('ba'), the antepenultimate syllable, according to the general rule for words ending in vowels, 'n', or 's'.

Syllables

6
des/des/
pim/pim/
po/po/
lla/ʎa/
ba/βa/
mos/mos/

des — Open syllable, unstressed.. pim — Closed syllable, unstressed.. po — Open syllable, unstressed.. lla — Open syllable, unstressed.. ba — Open syllable, stressed.. mos — Closed syllable, unstressed.

Word Parts

pre

des-

Latin origin, negative prefix meaning 'reversal, undoing, removal'.

root

pimpoll-

Spanish origin, derived from 'pimpollar' meaning 'to bud, to sprout'.

suf

-abamos

Spanish, imperfect indicative ending for the first-person plural (nosotros/nosotras).

Similar Words

ca­mi­ná­ba­mosha­blá­ba­mosre­cor­da­ba­mos

Vowel Separation

Vowels between consonants are separated into different syllables.

Consonant Cluster Separation

Consonant clusters are split according to sonority.

Final Vowel/N/S Rule

Words ending in a vowel, 'n', or 's' are stressed on the antepenultimate syllable if not marked with an accent.

Prefix/Suffix Separation

Prefixes and suffixes generally form separate syllables.

  • The 'll' digraph represents a single phoneme /ʎ/.
  • The pronunciation of 'b' as /β/ between vowels is a common phonetic realization in Spanish.
Analysis by gemma3:27b · 6/5/2025

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