desternillabais
Syllables
des-ter-ni-lla-bais
Pronunciation
/dester.ni.ʝa.βais/
Stress
01000
Morphemes
des- + ternill- + -abais
The word 'desternillabais' is a Spanish verb in the imperfect subjunctive mood. It is divided into five syllables: des-ter-ni-lla-bais, with stress on the antepenultimate syllable ('ter'). It is morphologically composed of the prefix 'des-', the root 'ternill-', and the suffix '-abais'. The word means 'you all were laughing heartily'.
Definitions
- 1
To laugh heartily, to be convulsed with laughter.
You all were laughing heartily.
“Si hubierais visto la escena, os habríais desternillado de risa.”
“Desternillabais cada vez que contaba un chiste.”
Stress pattern
Primary stress falls on the antepenultimate syllable ('ter').
Syllables
des — Open syllable, unstressed.. ter — Closed syllable, stressed.. ni — Open syllable, unstressed.. lla — Open syllable, unstressed.. bais — Closed syllable, unstressed.
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Vowel-Consonant
Syllables are divided between vowels and consonants.
Vowel-Vowel
Adjacent vowels are separated into different syllables.
Stress Rule
Stress falls on the antepenultimate syllable when the word ends in a consonant other than 'n' or 's'.
- Pronunciation of 'll' varies regionally (/ʝ/ or /ʎ/).
- The 'b' in 'bais' can be pronounced as a voiced bilabial fricative /β/.
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