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escardillabamos

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6 syllables
15 characters
Spanish
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6syllables

escardillabamos

Linguistic Analysis

Syllables

es-car-di-lla-ba-mos

Pronunciation

/eskaɾðiˈʎaβamos/

Stress

000100

Morphemes

es- + card- + -illabamos

The word 'escardillabamos' is a Spanish verb divided into six syllables (es-car-di-lla-ba-mos) with stress on the penultimate syllable. It's morphologically complex, derived from Latin roots, and follows standard Spanish syllabification rules.

Definitions

verb
  1. 1

    To repeatedly or lightly scratch, scrape, or pick at something.

    To scratch lightly, to pick at.

    “Los niños escardillaban la pintura de la pared.”

    “Ella escardillaba la tierra con un palo.”

    syn:rasparpicarhurgar
    ant:alisarpulir

Stress pattern

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

Syllables

6
es/es/
car/kaɾ/
di/di/
lla/ʎa/
ba/βa/
mos/mos/

es — Open syllable, initial syllable.. car — Closed syllable, contains consonant cluster.. di — Open syllable.. lla — Closed syllable, contains 'll' digraph.. ba — Open syllable, 'b' is a voiced bilabial fricative.. mos — Closed syllable, final syllable, first-person plural marker.

Word Parts

pre

es-

Latin origin, intensifier.

root

card-

Latin origin, related to bending/twisting.

suf

-illabamos

Diminutive, imperfect indicative tense, first-person plural.

Similar Words

cas­ca­ri­lla­mosdes­car­ti­lla­moses­car­di­lla­ba

Consonant Clusters

Consonant clusters are broken up, with each consonant moving to the following vowel.

Vowel Groups

Vowel groups are separated based on the sonority hierarchy.

Penultimate Stress

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

  • The 'sc-' cluster is a digraph representing a single phoneme /sk/.
  • The pronunciation of 'll' can vary regionally ( /ʎ/ or /ʝ/ ).
Analysis by gemma3:27b · 6/9/2025

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