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espolvorizabais

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6 syllables
15 characters
Spanish
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6syllables

espolvorizabais

Linguistic Analysis

Syllables

es-pol-vo-ri-za-bais

Pronunciation

/es.pol.bo.ɾi.θa.βais/

Stress

010010

Morphemes

es- + polv- + -o-riz-a-bais

The word 'espolvorizabais' is a verb form with six syllables divided according to Spanish syllabification rules. Stress falls on the penultimate syllable. It's morphologically complex, built from a Latin-derived prefix, root, and several suffixes indicating verb tense and person. Syllable division follows vowel separation and consonant cluster maintenance rules.

Definitions

verb
  1. 1

    To dust, to sprinkle, to coat with dust.

    You all were dusting/sprinkling.

    “Mis abuelos espolvorizaban la harina sobre la masa.”

    “Los niños espolvorizaban brillantina por todas partes.”

    syn:empolvaresparcir
    ant:limpiar

Stress pattern

Primary stress falls on the penultimate syllable ('-ba-') due to the word ending in a vowel. The stress pattern is 010010, indicating unstressed, stressed, unstressed, unstressed, stressed, unstressed.

Syllables

6
es/es/
pol/pol/
vo/bo/
ri/ɾi/
za/θa/
bais/βais/

es — Open syllable, onset 'e', nucleus 's'. pol — Open syllable, onset 'p', nucleus 'o'. vo — Open syllable, onset 'v', nucleus 'o'. ri — Open syllable, onset 'r', nucleus 'i'. za — Open syllable, onset 'z', nucleus 'a'. bais — Closed syllable, onset 'b', nucleus 'a', coda 'is'

Word Parts

pre

es-

From Latin 'ex-', intensifying prefix

root

polv-

From Latin 'pulvis', meaning dust

suf

-o-riz-a-bais

Combination of suffixes indicating verb formation and 2nd person plural imperfect indicative

Similar Words

e­spo­lvo­re­ares­pon­jarpol­vo­rien­to

Vowel Separation

Each vowel typically forms the nucleus of a separate syllable.

Consonant Cluster Maintenance

Consonant clusters are generally maintained within a syllable.

Penultimate Stress

Words ending in a vowel are stressed on the penultimate syllable.

  • The pronunciation of 'z' as /θ/ or /s/ does not affect the syllabification.
  • The verb conjugation is regular, with no morphological anomalies.
Analysis by gemma3:27b · 6/8/2025

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