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enlentecimiento

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6 syllables
15 characters
Spanish
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6syllables

enlentecimiento

Linguistic Analysis

Syllables

en-len-te-ci-mien-to

Pronunciation

/en.len.te.θiˈmjen.to/

Stress

000010

Morphemes

en- + lent- + -ecimiento

The word 'enlentecimiento' is divided into six syllables: en-len-te-ci-mien-to. It consists of the prefix 'en-', the root 'lent-', and the suffix '-ecimiento'. The primary stress falls on the penultimate syllable ('mien'). The syllabification follows standard Spanish rules, with consideration for the palatalization of 'c' before 'i'.

Definitions

noun
  1. 1

    The act or process of becoming slow; a slowdown.

    Slowdown, slowness

    “El enlentecimiento de la economía es preocupante.”

    “Notamos un enlentecimiento en el tráfico.”

    syn:retrasodisminuciónmoderación
    ant:aceleraciónrapidez

Stress pattern

Primary stress falls on the penultimate syllable ('mien').

Syllables

6
en/en/
len/len/
te/te/
ci/θi/
mien/mjen/
to/to/

en — Open syllable, vowel followed by consonant.. len — Open syllable, consonant-vowel-consonant.. te — Open syllable, consonant-vowel.. ci — Open syllable, consonant-vowel (palatalization of 'c' before 'i').. mien — Closed syllable, stressed syllable.. to — Open syllable, consonant-vowel.

Word Parts

pre

en-

Latin origin, aspectual prefix meaning 'in' or 'into'.

root

lent-

Latin origin (*lentus*), meaning 'slow'.

suf

-ecimiento

Spanish suffix derived from Latin *-escere*, forming a noun denoting a process of becoming.

Similar Words

rá­pi­da­men­telen­ti­tudco­mien­zo

Vowel-Consonant (VC)

Syllables are divided after the vowel.

Consonant-Vowel (CV)

Syllables are divided after the consonant.

  • Palatalization of 'c' before 'i' in Peninsular Spanish.
  • Stress placement rule for words ending in a consonant.
Analysis by gemma3:27b · 6/9/2025

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