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espantavillanos

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6 syllables
15 characters
Spanish
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Fig. 1 — . The composing stick. “espantavillanos” is set in lead; each gap is a place it may break.
6syllables

espantavillanos

Linguistic Analysis

Syllables

es-pan-ta-vi-lla-nos

Pronunciation

/es.pan.ta.βi.ˈʎa.nos/

Stress

000010

Morphemes

es- + panta- + -villar-nos

The word 'espantavillanos' is a Spanish noun meaning 'scarecrows'. It is divided into six syllables: es-pan-ta-vi-lla-nos, with stress on the penultimate syllable. It's morphologically composed of a prefix 'es-', root 'panta-', and suffixes '-villar-' and '-nos'. The pronunciation features the bilabial approximant /β/ for 'v' and the palatal lateral approximant /ʎ/ for 'll'.

Definitions

noun
  1. 1

    Figures placed in fields to frighten away birds.

    Scarecrows

    “Los espantavillanos protegían el campo de maíz.”

    “Los niños construyeron espantavillanos para el jardín.”

    syn:espantapájarosasusta pájaros

Stress pattern

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

Syllables

6
es/es/
pan/pan/
ta/ta/
vi/βi/
lla/ʎa/
nos/nos/

es — Open, unstressed syllable.. pan — Open, unstressed syllable.. ta — Open, unstressed syllable.. vi — Open, unstressed syllable.. lla — Open, stressed syllable.. nos — Open, unstressed syllable.

Word Parts

pre

es-

Latin origin, intensifying prefix.

root

panta-

Latin origin, meaning 'to frighten'.

suf

-villar-nos

Spanish, derived from 'villa' (countryside) + plural marker.

Similar Words

es­pan­ta­pá­ja­rosla­va­va­ji­llasbo­te­lle­ro

Consonant-Vowel (CV)

Syllables generally follow a consonant-vowel pattern.

Stress Placement

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

  • The 'v' between vowels is pronounced as /β/.
  • The 'll' is pronounced as /ʎ/.
Analysis by gemma3:27b · 6/8/2025

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