dicervelleranno
Syllables
di-cer-vel-le-ran-no
Pronunciation
/di.tʃer.vel.leˈran.no/
Stress
001000
Morphemes
di + cervell + are
The word 'dicervelleranno' is a future tense verb form. It is divided into six syllables: di-cer-vel-le-ran-no, with stress on 'vel'. It's morphologically composed of the prefix 'di-', root 'cervell-', and suffixes '-are' and '-anno'. Syllabification follows standard Italian rules of vowel-consonant division and maximizing onsets.
Definitions
- 1
To rack someone's brains, to overthink, to torment with thought.
To overthink, to rack one's brains, to torment with thought.
“I miei genitori mi dicervelleranno se non passo l'esame.”
Stress pattern
Primary stress falls on the third syllable ('vel').
Syllables
di — Open syllable, unstressed.. cer — Closed syllable, unstressed.. vel — Closed syllable, stressed.. le — Open syllable, unstressed.. ran — Closed syllable, unstressed.. no — Open syllable, unstressed.
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Vowel-Consonant Division
Syllables are divided between vowels and consonants.
Maximizing Onsets
Syllables aim to have a consonant onset whenever possible.
- The 'll' digraph is treated as a single phoneme /ʎ/.
- The prefix 'di-' is always a separate syllable.
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