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precaucionabais

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5 syllables
15 characters
Spanish
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5syllables

precaucionabais

Linguistic Analysis

Syllables

pre-cau-cio-na-bais

Pronunciation

/pɾe.kaʊ̯.θjo.na.βais/

Stress

00010

Morphemes

pre- + caucion- + -ar/bais

The word 'precaucionabais' is a verb form syllabified as pre-cau-cio-na-bais, with stress on the penultimate syllable 'na'. It's morphologically composed of the prefix 'pre-', root 'caucion-', and suffixes '-ar' and '-bais'. The 'cion' cluster is treated as a single syllable, and the syllabification follows standard Spanish vowel and consonant separation rules.

Definitions

verb
  1. 1

    The imperfect subjunctive of 'precaucionar', meaning 'you all (informal) were cautioning,' 'you all (informal) would caution,' or 'if you all (informal) were to caution.'

    You all were cautioning/warning.

    “Si tuvierais más cuidado, precaucionabais a los niños.”

    “Ellos precaucionabais a los turistas sobre los peligros del mar.”

    syn:advertíaisavisabais
    ant:descuidabaisignorabais

Stress pattern

The primary stress falls on the fourth syllable ('na'), which is the penultimate syllable because the word ends in a vowel. The stress pattern is 0 (unstressed) - 0 (unstressed) - 0 (unstressed) - 1 (stressed) - 0 (unstressed).

Syllables

5
pre/pɾe/
cau/kaʊ̯/
cio/θjo/
na/na/
bais/βais/

pre — Open syllable, unstressed.. cau — Open syllable, unstressed.. cio — Closed syllable, unstressed. Contains the 'cion' cluster.. na — Closed syllable, stressed.. bais — Open syllable, unstressed.

Word Parts

pre

pre-

Latin origin, meaning 'before' or 'in advance'. Prefixes modify the meaning of the root.

root

caucion-

Latin *cautio*, meaning 'caution, warning'. Forms the core meaning of the verb.

suf

-ar/bais

'-ar' is the infinitive verb ending (Latin origin). '-bais' is the 2nd person plural (vosotros/as) imperfect subjunctive inflectional suffix.

Similar Words

na­cio­na­li­da­dese­du­ca­ciónin­for­ma­cio­nes

Vowel Separation

Syllables are separated at vowel boundaries.

Consonant Cluster Separation

Consonant clusters between vowels are generally split, with exceptions.

Cion Exception

The sequence 'cion' is treated as a single syllable due to palatalization.

Penultimate Stress

Words ending in vowels are stressed on the penultimate syllable.

  • The 'cion' cluster is a key exception to consonant cluster separation rules.
  • Regional variations in pronunciation of /θ/ (Spain) vs. /s/ (Latin America) do not affect syllabification.
Analysis by gemma3:27b · 6/7/2025

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