empreteciésemos
Syllables
em-pre-te-cié-se-mos
Pronunciation
/em.pɾe.te.ˈθje.se.mos/
Stress
000100
Morphemes
em- + prete- + -ciésemos
The word 'empreteciesemos' is a Spanish verb form syllabified as em-pre-te-cié-se-mos, with stress on 'cié'. It follows standard Spanish syllabification rules, breaking consonant clusters and treating pronoun clitics as separate syllables.
Definitions
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First-person plural imperfect subjunctive of 'empretecer'.
we would blacken, we would soil, we would make dirty.
“Si tuviéramos tiempo, empreteciesemos las paredes.”
Stress pattern
The primary stress falls on the antepenultimate syllable 'cié', indicated by the acute accent mark.
Syllables
em — Open syllable, initial syllable.. pre — Open syllable.. te — Open syllable.. cié — Closed syllable, stressed syllable.. se — Open syllable, pronoun clitic.. mos — Closed syllable, final syllable.
Word Parts
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Vowel Nucleus
Every syllable must have a vowel nucleus.
Consonant Clusters
Consonant clusters are broken according to sonority hierarchy.
Accentuation
Stress determines syllable boundaries, especially with accented vowels.
Pronoun Clitics
Pronoun clitics generally form separate syllables.
- The verb 'empretecer' is not extremely common.
- Regional variations in pronunciation might affect the realization of certain sounds (e.g., /θ/ vs. /s/ in Spain), but not the syllable division itself.
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