recochineabamos
Syllables
re-co-chi-ne-a-ba-mos
Pronunciation
/re.ko.t͡ʃi.ne.a.βa.mos/
Stress
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Morphemes
re- + cochin- + -ear/ábamos
The word 'recochineabamos' is a Spanish verb form (imperfect subjunctive) divided into seven syllables: re-co-chi-ne-a-ba-mos. The stress falls on the penultimate syllable 'a'. It's morphologically composed of the prefix 're-', the root 'cochin-', and the suffix '-ear/ábamos'. Syllabification follows standard Spanish rules of vowel and consonant cluster separation.
Definitions
- 1
To make something dirty or messy, to smear, to sully.
We were making dirty/messy, we were smearing.
“Los niños se recochineaban con barro.”
“Si yo tuviera más tiempo, me recochinearía en la cocina.”
Stress pattern
The primary stress falls on the penultimate syllable 'a' in 're-co-chi-ne-*a*-ba-mos'. This is due to the general rule that words ending in vowels are stressed on the penultimate syllable.
Syllables
re — Open syllable, initial syllable.. co — Open syllable, contains a consonant cluster.. chi — Open syllable, contains the digraph 'ch'.. ne — Open syllable.. a — Open, stressed syllable.. ba — Open syllable, 'b' is a fricative.. mos — Closed syllable, final syllable.
Word Parts
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Vowel Separation
Vowels between consonants are separated.
Consonant Cluster Separation
Consonant clusters are separated if they do not form a permissible initial cluster.
Penultimate Stress
Words ending in vowels are stressed on the penultimate syllable.
- The 'ch' digraph is treated as a single unit.
- The 'b' sound is a voiced bilabial fricative /β/ between vowels.
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