garrapateabamos
Syllables
gar-ra-pa-te-a-ba-mos
Pronunciation
/ɡara.pa.te.aˈβa.mos/
Stress
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Morphemes
garra + teabamos
The word 'garrapateabamos' is a Spanish verb divided into seven syllables: gar-ra-pa-te-a-ba-mos. The stress falls on the antepenultimate syllable 'te'. It's formed from the root 'garra-' and the imperfect indicative endings '-teabamos'. Syllabification follows standard CV and vowel rules.
Definitions
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We were scribbling
We were scribbling
“Garrapateábamos notas en clase cuando el profesor entró.”
“De niños, garrapateábamos dibujos en las paredes.”
Stress pattern
Primary stress falls on the antepenultimate syllable 'te' due to Spanish accentuation rules.
Syllables
gar — Open syllable, consonant-vowel structure.. ra — Open syllable, consonant-vowel structure.. pa — Open syllable, consonant-vowel structure.. te — Open, stressed syllable, consonant-vowel structure.. a — Open syllable, vowel only.. ba — Open syllable, consonant-vowel structure. 'b' pronounced as /β/.. mos — Open syllable, consonant-vowel-syllabic consonant structure.
Word Parts
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Consonant-Vowel (CV)
Each consonant followed by a vowel forms a syllable.
Vowel
Single vowels form a syllable.
Stress Placement
Stress falls on the antepenultimate syllable in words ending in a vowel, 'n', or 's'.
- The 'rr' is treated as a single consonant sound /ɾ/. The pronunciation of 'b' as /β/ between vowels is a common phonetic variation.
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