escarmentasemos
Syllables
es-car-men-ta-se-mos
Pronunciation
/eskaɾmenˈtase.mos/
Stress
001000
Morphemes
escar + mentasemos
The Spanish verb 'escarmentasemos' (we were teaching a lesson) is syllabified as 'es-car-men-ta-se-mos' with stress on 'men'. It's a morphologically complex word derived from Latin, and its syllabification follows standard Spanish rules.
Definitions
Stress pattern
Primary stress falls on the antepenultimate syllable ('men'). This is due to the general rule for words ending in consonants other than 'n' or 's'.
Syllables
es — Open syllable, initial syllable.. car — Closed syllable, contains consonant cluster 'sc' pronounced as /sk/.. men — Closed syllable.. ta — Open syllable.. se — Open syllable, reflexive pronoun.. mos — Closed syllable, first-person plural ending.
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Vowel Separation
Vowels between consonants are separated into different syllables.
Consonant Cluster Separation
Consonant clusters are broken up according to pronounceability.
Single Consonant Rule
A single consonant between vowels typically goes with the following vowel.
Stress-Based Syllabification
Stress influences the perception of syllable boundaries, but doesn't alter the written syllable division.
- The 'sc' cluster is pronounced as /sk/. The reflexive pronoun 'se' is always considered a separate syllable.
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