escarabajearían
Syllables
es-ca-ra-ba-je-a-rían
Pronunciation
/es.ka.ɾa.βa.xe.ˈa.ɾjan/
Stress
0000101
Morphemes
escarabaj + earían
The word 'escarabajearian' is a conditional verb form derived from 'escarabajear'. It is divided into seven syllables: es-ca-ra-ba-je-a-rían, with stress on the penultimate syllable 'je'. The morphemic structure includes a root from 'escarabajo' and the suffixes '-ear' and '-ían'.
Definitions
- 1
To act like a beetle; to crawl, scurry, or rummage around.
They would beetle around / They would crawl around.
“Los niños escarabajearían en el jardín buscando tesoros.”
Stress pattern
Primary stress falls on the penultimate syllable 'je' due to the general rule for words ending in vowels.
Syllables
es — Open syllable, onset 'e', nucleus 's'. ca — Open syllable, onset 'k', nucleus 'a'. ra — Open syllable, onset 'ɾ', nucleus 'a'. ba — Open syllable, onset 'β', nucleus 'a'. je — Open syllable, onset 'x', nucleus 'e'. a — Open syllable, nucleus 'a'. rían — Closed syllable, onset 'ɾ', nucleus 'i', coda 'n', stressed syllable
Word Parts
Similar Words
Vowel-Consonant-Vowel
Syllables are divided between vowels.
Penultimate Stress
Words ending in vowels are stressed on the second-to-last syllable.
Consonant Clusters
Consonant clusters are broken according to sonority, but are simple in this case.
- The 'j' sound is a voiceless palato-alveolar fricative /x/. The conditional ending '-ían' consistently dictates stress placement.
Nearby Words
17 wordsTrending in Spanish
Terms getting hyphenated by users right now.