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malentenderiais

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6 syllables
15 characters
Spanish
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6syllables

malentenderiais

Linguistic Analysis

Syllables

ma-len-ten-de-ri-ais

Pronunciation

/mal.en.ten.de.ɾi.ais/

Stress

000001

Morphemes

mal- + entend- + -er-

The word 'malentenderiais' is a verb form divided into six syllables: ma-len-ten-de-ri-ais. The stress falls on the penultimate syllable ('ais'). It's morphologically composed of the prefix 'mal-', the root 'entend-', and the suffixes '-er-' and '-iais'. Syllabification follows the standard Spanish vowel rule.

Definitions

verb
  1. 1

    You (plural, informal) would misunderstand.

    You would misunderstand.

    “Si me explicara mejor, ¿malentenderíais?”

    “Vosotros malentenderíais mis intenciones.”

    syn:equivocaríaiserraríais
    ant:comprenderíaisentenderíais

Stress pattern

The primary stress falls on the penultimate syllable ('ais').

Syllables

6
ma/ma/
len/len/
ten/ten/
de/de/
ri/ɾi/
ais/ais/

ma — Open syllable, unstressed.. len — Open syllable, unstressed.. ten — Open syllable, unstressed.. de — Open syllable, unstressed.. ri — Open syllable, unstressed.. ais — Open syllable, stressed.

Word Parts

pre

mal-

Latin *malus* - bad, derivational prefix indicating negativity.

root

entend-

Latin *intelligere* - to understand, lexical root.

suf

-er-

Spanish infinitive suffix.

Similar Words

can­ta­rí­asco­me­rí­asvi­vi­rí­as

Vowel Rule

Syllables generally end in a vowel. Each vowel forms a separate syllable unless part of a diphthong or triphthong.

  • The 'nd' sequence does not pose a syllabification challenge.
  • Regional variations in the pronunciation of 'd' between vowels may occur, but do not affect syllabification.
Analysis by gemma3:27b · 6/8/2025

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