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despostillasteis

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5 syllables
16 characters
Spanish
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5syllables

despostillasteis

Linguistic Analysis

Syllables

des-pos-ti-llas-teis

Pronunciation

/desposθiˈʎasteis/

Stress

00010

Morphemes

des- + postillar + -asteis

The word 'despostillasteis' is a verb form with five syllables (des-pos-ti-llas-teis). Stress falls on the fourth syllable ('llas'). It's formed from the prefix 'des-', the root 'postillar', and the suffix '-asteis'. Syllabification follows standard Spanish rules of vowel and consonant separation, with the 'll' digraph treated as a single phoneme.

Definitions

verb
  1. 1

    To remove annotations or comments from a text; to correct or revise a text by removing postils.

    To de-annotate, to expunge annotations.

    “El editor despostillasteis el manuscrito antes de publicarlo.”

    syn:corregireliminarsuprimir
    ant:anotarcomentar

Stress pattern

Primary stress falls on the fourth syllable ('llas'), following the rule for words ending in 's'.

Syllables

5
des/des/
pos/pos/
ti/ti/
llas/ʎas/
teis/teis/

des — Open syllable, unstressed.. pos — Open syllable, unstressed.. ti — Open syllable, unstressed.. llas — Closed syllable, stressed.. teis — Open syllable, unstressed.

Word Parts

pre

des-

Latin origin, meaning 'reversal, removal'. Negation/reversal function.

root

postillar

Latin origin (*postillare*), meaning 'to annotate'. Verb stem.

suf

-asteis

Spanish inflectional suffix indicating 2nd person plural preterite indicative tense.

Similar Words

ca­mi­nas­teisha­blas­teiscom­pras­teis

Vowel Separation

Vowels between consonants are separated.

Consonant Cluster Separation

Consonant clusters are split based on pronounceability.

Penultimate Stress

Words ending in vowels, 'n', or 's' are stressed on the penultimate syllable.

  • The 'll' digraph represents a single phoneme /ʎ/.
  • Regional variations in the pronunciation of 's' before voiceless consonants (Spain vs. Latin America) do not affect syllabification.
Analysis by gemma3:27b · 6/5/2025

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