esterificabamos
Syllables
es-te-ri-fi-ca-ba-mos
Pronunciation
/esteɾifiˈkaβamos/
Stress
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Morphemes
es- + esterific- + -bamos
The word 'esterificabamos' is a Spanish verb divided into seven syllables: es-te-ri-fi-ca-ba-mos. The stress falls on the fifth syllable ('ca'). It's formed from the Latin root 'esterific-' with inflectional suffixes indicating the imperfect indicative mood, first-person plural. Syllabification follows standard Spanish vowel-consonant division rules.
Definitions
- 1
To esterify; to convert into an ester.
We were esterifying / We used to esterify.
“En el laboratorio, esterificábamos los ácidos grasos.”
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Stress pattern
Primary stress falls on the penultimate syllable 'ca' (fifth syllable).
Syllables
es — Open syllable, initial syllable.. te — Open syllable.. ri — Open syllable.. fi — Open syllable.. ca — Closed, stressed syllable.. ba — Open syllable, 'b' pronounced as /β/.. mos — Closed syllable, final syllable.
Word Parts
Vowel-Consonant (VC)
Syllables are divided after a vowel followed by a consonant.
Stress Rule
Words are stressed on the penultimate syllable if they end in a vowel, 'n', or 's'.
- The 'b' sound is pronounced as /β/ due to its inter-vocalic position.
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